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Höfn í Hornafjörður (or Hofn in Hornafjordur when anglicised; roughly pronounced "hurb-n ee hotn-a-fyur-thur"), is located in the East Iceland, 460 km east of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. It is in fact a geographically large munipalicity situated along the coast, in front of the Southern part of Europe's largest glacier, Vatnajökull.

In spite of substantial territory, the population is only around 2400. Höfn is the largest part of the municipality in terms of population, with around 2000 inhabitants. Its economical activities mainly revolve around fish - fishing and fish processing. One of the town's main product is the lobster, which can be found in abundant quantities in the fishing areas surrounding the Southeastern coast of Iceland. The name "Hornafjörður" relates to the very large glacier lagoon (at times incorrectly referred to as a fjord). The 40 sq.km large lagoon, Hornafjöður, is formed by interactions of the Atlantic Ocean and the Vatnajökull glacier, which by its constant movement produces clay and sand, carried by the glacier rivers and ending up as sediment in the lagoon.

The region's main itineraries are 1)The spectacular national park, Skaftafell (around 200 km west of Höfn), 2) Jökulsárlón (literally the Glacial River Lagoon) located approximately 100 km east of Skaftafell and 3) The Vatnajökull Glacier to which there is a road, around 50 km east of Jökulsárlón and 4) Lónsöræfi, one of Iceland's most beautiful mountain area, only reachable by foot.

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This page was last edited at 02:34, on 3 May 2008 by Ian Sergeant. Based on work by David, Todd VerBeek, Tom Holland and Jani Patokallio, Wikitravel user(s) The Yeti and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.

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