Húnaflói

Húnaflói (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhuːnaˌflouːɪ], lit.

'Polar Bear Cub Bay') is a bay of the Iceland Sea in Northwestern Region and Westfjords, Iceland.

[3] The Battle of the Gulf (Icelandic: Flóabardagi) was a naval battle on 25 June 1244 in Húnaflói, during the Age of the Sturlungs civil war.

A detailed description of the battle can be found in Sturlunga saga.

The bay has been proposed as a protected area for harbor seals.

Panorama of dunes of river ice on the edge of Húnaflói , cast ashore by wind, surf, and tide on the beach at Blönduós in November 2007. Vatnsnes peninsula is to the east, and Ballafjöll mountain in the Westfjords appears to the northeast.