Öxarfjörður, north east Iceland

Öxarfjörður is more of a wide bay than a fjord. It is about 18 miles wide and extends from the cliffs of the Tjörnes peninsula in the west past the flat plains of Kelduhverfi to the hills of the Melrakkaslétta peninsula in the east.

In addition to some smaller rivers, the Jökulsá á Fjöllum empties in to the Greenland Sea at Öxarfjörður. Jökulsá á Fjöllum is the second longest river in Iceland (128 miles) and its source is the Vatnajökull glacier. Jökulsá á Fjöllum streams over the waterfalls Selfoss, Dettifoss, and Hafragilsfoss.

Date: 3rd June 2015

Location: view from road 85 on the Tjörnes peninsula