Húsavík appears in Bárðar saga, Heiðarvíga saga, Ljósvetninga saga and Reykdæla saga.
According to Landnámabók, Húsavík was the first place in Iceland to be settled by a Norseman when in c. 870 Garðar Svavarsson remained for one year, it is now a tourist centre for Whale Watching.
Further north from Húsavík, the Tjörnes peninsula is mentioned in Ljósvetninga saga and Reykdæla saga. The photograph shows the very northern tip of the peninsula.
The famous Myvatn lake drains into the Laxá River - which features in the Laxdæla saga.
The photograph shows the Laxá shorty after it leaves Myvatn.
At the southern end of Eyjafjörður Fjord the modern church of Kaupangskirkja overlooks the site of Kaupangur - an early trading site which is mentioned twice in Ljósvetninga saga.
A little to the north of Kaupangur, lies the old Thing site of Vaðlaþing, which also appears in Ljósvetninga saga.
This site lies across the fjord from Akureyri.
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