Húnaflói
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'''''' (, ) is a bay of the Iceland Sea in Northwestern Region and Westfjords, Iceland. It is situated between the village of Strandir on peninsula to the west and the of Skagi peninsula to the east. Spanning , it has a maximum width of about and length of .
Key facts
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- Location of Húnaflói in Iceland
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- Northwestern Region and Westfjords
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- Bay
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- meaning 'polar bear cub' + meaning 'bay'
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- Iceland Sea
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Encyclopedic overview
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'''''' (, ) is a bay of the Iceland Sea in Northwestern Region and Westfjords, Iceland. It is situated between the village of Strandir on peninsula to the west and the of Skagi peninsula to the east. Spanning , it has a maximum width of about and length of .
The Battle of the Gulf () was a naval battle on 25 June 1244 in , during the Age of the Sturlungs civil war. A detailed description of the battle can be found in .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Húnaflói” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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