Þistilfjörður
Fjord in Iceland
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Þistilfjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈθɪstɪlˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ; sometimes anglicised as Thistilfjördur) is a bay in northeast Iceland, between the Rifstangi and Langanes peninsulas, near the town of Þórshöfn (Thorshofn).[1] The name also refers to the region immediately to the southwest of the bay, roughly corresponding to Svalbarðshreppur municipality.[2]
The fjord is named after the settler Ketil þistill ("thistle") but the Landnámabók does not say much about him and does not mention from where in Norway he came.[3]
