Abandoned fjord in Iceland’s remote east.
The 7 kms long Loðmundarfjörður was home to 143 inhabitants in 1860 but by 1973 that number had dwindled to zero. Getting to this lovely fjord over land is not easy; access is via a rough gravel route best negotiated in a sturdy 4×4.
Landscape en route
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Skælingur (832 m), aka “The Chinese Temple”
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Loðmundarfjörður
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Klyppsstaður – abandoned farm and parsonage
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Bight at fjord’s head
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Veena picking wild rhubarb
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Nice, i want to go again !