Álftafjörður
Álftafjörður is an Icelandic fjord. It is on the southern side of Ísafjarðardjúp, in the Vestfirðir region of north-western Iceland. A whaling station was built in 1883 at Langeyri on its western shore by two Norwegians named Lars Mons and Svend Foyn, and was used until whaling was prohibited in Iceland in 1915. The modern village of Súðavík is in the same area.[1]:15
References
- ↑ Ragnar Edvardsson, Arnar Þór Egilsson (2011). Archaeological Assessment of Selected Submerged Sites in Vestfirðir. Archaeologia Islandica 9 (2011):9–28.
Coordinates: 66°01′N 22°59′W / 66.01°N 22.99°W
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