Places in Iceland

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Places in Iceland where our Ancestors lived:

• Alftafjordur, Snaefellsnessysla
• Asgeirsa, Vididalstunga, Vestur-Hunavatnssysla
• Austur Hunavatnssysla
• Bakkarholt, Arnessysla, Sudurland
• Bjarnarhofn, Snaefellsnessysla, Vesturland
• Borg á Mýrum, Iceland
• Efri-Nupur, Vestur-Hundvatnssysla
• Eyjafjardarsysla, Nordurland Eystra
• Gaulverjabaer, Arnessysla
• Geirthjofsfjord I Arnafirdi
• Garpsdalur, Austur-Bardastrandarsysla
• Grundarfjordur, Snaefellsnes-og Hnappadalssysla
• Hdjardharfell, Snaefellsnes-og Hnappadalssysla
• Helgafell, Snaefellsnes-og Hnappadalssysla
• Hjaltastaður, Nordur-Mulasysla, Eastern Region
• Hjarðarholt, Laxardalur, Dalasysla
• Hofda Hofdastrond,
•  Skagafjardarsysla
• Hofn, Austur-Skaftafellssysla, Austurland
• Holar, Eyjafjardarsysla
• Holar, Haukadalur, Arnessysla
• Höskuldsstaðir, Austur-Hunavatnssysla
• Hrafnagil, Hrafnagilshreppur, Eyjafjardarsysla
• Hrafnsfjarðareyri,  Westfjords, Nordur-Isafjardarsysla
• Hruni, Arnessysla
• Hvallatur, Vestur-Bardastrandarsysla, Westfjords
• Laxamyri, Sudur-Pingeyjarsysla
• Melkorkustead, Iceland (can’t find on map, but information about it.)
• Möðruvellir, Eyjafjardarsysla, Nordurland Eystra
• Munkapvera, Eyjafjardarsysla, Nordurland Eystra
• Njardvik, Sudurland
• Nordurland Vestra
• Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland
• Patreksfjordur, Bardastrandarsysla, Vestfirdir
• Pvera, Rangnarvallasysla, Sudurland
• Selardalur, Vestur-Bardastrandarsysla
• Skagafjarðarsýsla
• Skeggjastaðir, Nordur-Mulasysla
• Snaefellsnes-og-Hnappadalssysla
• Unadalur
• Unaðsdalur, Nordur-Isafjardarsysla
• Vatnsdal
• Vatnsdalur
• Vatnsfjörður, Vestur-Isafjardarsysla
• Vestur-Barðastrandarsýsla, Iceland
• Vestur-Hunavatnssysla
• (Vopnafjörður), Nordur-Mulasysla

Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and the most sparsely populated country in Europe.   Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its surrounding areas) is home to over 65% of the population. Iceland is the only part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that rises above sea level, and its central volcanic plateau is erupting almost constantly.  The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains, and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate.
The Sagas of Icelanders say that a Norwegian named Naddodd (or Naddador) was the first Norseman to reach Iceland, and in the ninth century, he named it Snæland or "snow land" because it was snowing. Following Naddodd, the Swede Garðar Svavarsson arrived, and so the island was then called Garðarshólmur which means "Garðar's Isle".
Then came a Viking named Flóki Vilgerðarson; his daughter drowned en route, then his livestock starved to death. The sagas say that the rather despondent Flóki climbed a mountain and saw a fjord (Arnarfjörður) full of icebergs, which led him to give the island its new and present name.[22] The notion that Iceland's Viking settlers chose that name to discourage oversettlement of their verdant isle is a myth
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