Westfjords
Iceland
Westfjords has 13 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 12 of the most distinctive.
Hornstrandir
Connects Westfjords to: Bolungarvík, Iceland
Arctic tern
Connects Westfjords to: Sable Island, Nova Scotia | Kangaatsiaq, Greenland | Hrísey, Iceland
common eider
Connects Westfjords to: Greenland | Casco Bay | Kangirsuk, Quebec
bird cliff
Connects Westfjords to: Mykines, Faroe Islands | Sandoy, Faroe Islands | Måstad, Norway | Dalur, Faroe Islands
red-necked phalarope
Connects Westfjords to: Greenland | St. Paul, Alaska | Nanortalik, Greenland | Kilcommon (County Mayo civil parish) | Landis, Saskatchewan
northern fulmar
Connects Westfjords to: Suðuroy, Faroe Islands | Commander Islands | Tyuleny Island (Sea of Okhotsk) | Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut | Mykines, Faroe Islands
black-legged kittiwake
Connects Westfjords to: Iceland | Suðuroy, Faroe Islands | Tyuleny Island (Sea of Okhotsk) | Kalaloch, Washington | Mykines, Faroe Islands
black guillemot
Connects Westfjords to: Suðuroy, Faroe Islands | Mykines, Faroe Islands | Kulusuk, Greenland | Streymoy, Faroe Islands | Vágar, Faroe Islands
Arctic fox
Connects Westfjords to: Norway | Quebec | Jämtland, Sweden | Western Norway | Enontekiö, Finland
Atlantic puffin
Connects Westfjords to: Quebec | Iceland | Maine | Anglesey | Suðuroy, Faroe Islands
Basques
Connects Westfjords to: Spain | Córdoba, Argentina | Boise, Idaho | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Basque Country (greater region)
Atlantic Ocean
Connects Westfjords to: New York (state) | Illinois | Pennsylvania | North Carolina | France