Westfjords
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The Westfjords or West Fjords is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative region, the least populous in the country. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast of Gree
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Slaying of the Basques
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The Slaying of the Basques was the last documented massacre in Icelandic history. A party of Basque whalers went on a whaling expedition to Iceland and were killed after a conflict in 1615 with local
Westfjords
…Westfjords is generally the coldest area at sea level in Iceland, as a result of the East Greenland Current. In 1615, 32 shipwrecked Basque whalers were killed by locals, after which the magistrate made it law that any Basque person seen in the region should be instantly killed. This law was repealed in May 2015. The…
Jónsbók, MS AM 351 Fol., Skálholtsbók eldri.