Þorskafjörður

Þorskafjörður is a roughly sixteen-kilometre-long fjord in the Icelandic county of Austur-Barðastrandarsýsla.

Like other fjords in its area, Þorskafjörður is shallow; its innermost shore is formed of clay.

Two short and shallow fjords branch off Þorskafjörður: Djúpifjörður and Gufufjörður.

From the bottom of Þorskafjörður, Þjóðvegur 60 runs through Þorskafjarðarheiði across to Ísafjarðardjúp.

The poet Matthías Jochumsson was born on the farm Skógar in Þorskafjörður in 1835.

A view down to Þorskafjörður from Þorskafjarðarheiði.
A view down to Þorskafjörður from Þorskafjarðarheiði.
Map showing Þorskafjörður, Djúpifjörður, and Gufufjörður, 1933