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Thelamork
is an area in the eastern part of Valley Horgardalur, down below farm
Baegisa. Road #1 passes through it across the mountain shoulder
Moldhaugnahals. Above it, the ledgelike slope rises to the top of Mt
Vindheimajokull (1,454 m). The slop ledges rise about 330 feet above
the valley floor, and their northernmost part is called
Laugalandsheidi. Farm Laugaland is an ancient church site, and as the
name suggests, there is thermal activity in the area. In 1943-45, a
swimmingpool was constructed near the farm and in 1965 the boarding
school Thelamork was opened. Like in so many other such schools, a
summer hotel is operated during the holidays. A large, fenced off area
on the property of farm Vaglir, is used for forestation and the Water
Works of town Akureyri. |