MANCAMONDO

Northern Western
Europe

Iceland

Isafjordur

The climate of Iceland's coast is subarctic.
The warm North Atlantic Current ensures generally higher
annual temperatures than in most places of similar latitude in the world.

Regions in the world with similar climates include the Aleutian Islands,
the Alaska Peninsula, and Tierra del Fuego, although these regions are closer to the equator.

Despite its proximity to the Arctic, the island's coasts remain ice-free through the winter.
Ice incursions are rare, the last having occurred on the north coast in 1969.

The climate varies between different parts of the island.
Generally speaking, the south coast is warmer,
wetter, and windier than the north.

Isafjordur Skutulsfjordur june 2019

Isafjordur meaning ice fjord or fjord of ice, ice in plural genitive, is a town in the northwest of Iceland.

The oldest part of Isafjordur with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or eyri, in Skutulsfjordur, a fjord which meets the waters of the larger fjord Isafjardardjup.

In the 16th century, the town grew as it became a trading post for foreign merchants.

Witch trials were common around the same time throughout the Westfjords, and many people
were banished to the nearby peninsula of Hornstrandir, now a national nature reserve.

Iceland Isafjordur, Skutulsfjordur 01.06.2019.