Seyðisfjörður

Seyðisfjörður cuts inland between the mountains of eastern Iceland, with Bjólfur rising to the west and Strandartindur to the east. According to the settlement tradition, Bjólfur claimed the entire fjord. At Þórunnarstaðir, remains of a wooden church destroyed by fire have been dated to the eleventh century, preserving evidence of Christian worship in the fjord long before a town grew at its head. The narrow inlet and its mountain walls give the district a sheltered connection to the North Atlantic.