Vatnsdalur

Northwestern Region · Iceland

Vatnsdalur, Iceland
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A broad valley in northern Iceland shaped by glaciers and scattered with distinctive small hillocks near its mouth. Sagas set here recount early settlement, and the Vatnsdalsá river winds through farmland below.

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