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Hvalfjörður

Hvalfjörður = Whale fjord

The name Hvalfjörður is derived from the large number of whales which could be found and caught there. Until the 1980s, one of the biggest whaling stations in Iceland was located in this fjord. In the past the fjord also contained a large number of herring fisheries.

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Uploaded on August 12, 2012
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