Английская Википедия:Holtsós
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Holtsós (Шаблон:IPA-is), sometimes anglicised as Holtsos, is a tidal lagoon[1][2] south of Eyjafjallajökull in south Iceland. It is fed by the Holtsá river and separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow strip of sand. It is approximately Шаблон:Convert long by Шаблон:Convert wide and approximately Шаблон:Convert deep at its deepest point.
Ecology
The lagoon has a sedimented bottom and no appreciable salt gradient. Species found there include Gammarus zaddachi and Gammarus duebeni.[3] Eurasian oystercatchers frequent it.[4] Above Holtsós is a deep freshwater pool called Hellisvatn after the cave that overlooks it, Steinahellir, which was the location of the district assembly for Eyjafjöll from 1818 to 1905.[5] Hellisvatn does not freeze and therefore attracts many birds in winter when other sources of water are frozen over.
Like other shallow lagoons, Holtsós is prone to overflow its banks when the river feeding it runs high, and it is often necessary to keep the opening to the ocean open against sedimentation to prevent flooding of the adjacent land.[6]
History and literature
Mediaeval names for the lagoon were Holtárós, Holtavatn or Holtavatnsós.[7][8][9] In the 12th century, ships sometimes used it as a harbour.[10] Its frequent flooding is mentioned in one of the Old Norse accounts of Bishop Þorlák, Jarteinabók Þorláks saga byskups önnur.[11][12] The farm called Holt, immediately to the west, was an important centre in the Middle Ages, and Holtsós is probably also identical with the Arnarbælisóss of Njáls saga.[9][13]
Holtsós also occurs in one of the Icelandic folktales recorded by Jón Árnason. A fisherman has a dream foretelling that he will undergo a test at sea off Holtsós. He lays his boat up and believes he has avoided the danger when it is destroyed on land by a storm, but then crewing for another man, he is the only casualty when another storm blows up and the ship is wrecked off Holtsós.[14][15]
References
- ↑ Arctic Pilot Volume 2, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Bjornoya, Svalbard, and the east coast of Greenland together with the adjacent seas, NP 11, Taunton: United Kingdom, Hydrographer of the Navy, 1996, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 76.
- ↑ Sailing Directions (enroute) for Greenland and Iceland, Publication 181, 7th ed., Bethesda, Maryland: United States, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, 2002, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 183.
- ↑ Kustbiotoper i Norden: hotade och representativa biotoper, TemaNord 2001:536, Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 302 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Fuglar, Eyjafjöll.is Шаблон:In lang, retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ↑ Steinahellir cave, Eyjafjöll.is, retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ↑ Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie: Monatshefte (1961) 468 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir Hólm, Elding: söguleg skáldsaga frá 10. öld, Reykjavík: Sigfúss Eymundsson, 1889, Шаблон:Oclc, p. 678 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Brennu-Njáls Saga, ed. Einar Ólafur Sveinsson, Íslenzk fornrit 12, Reykjavík: Hið Íslenzka fornritafélag, 1971, Шаблон:Oclc, p. 56 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 Helgi Þorláksson, Gamlar götur og goðavald: um fornar leiðir og völd Oddaverja í Rangárþingi, Ritsafn Sagnfræðistofnunar 25, Reykjavík: Sagnfræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands, 1989, Шаблон:Oclc, p. 76 note 4 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Helgi Þorláksson, pp. 71, 76.
- ↑ Ásdís Egilsdóttir, ed., Biskupa sögur, Volume 2, Íslenzk fornrit 16, Reykjavík: Hið Íslenzka fornritafélag, 2002, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 103 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Fálkinn, 20 February 1959, p. 7 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Íslendínga sögur volume 4, Njála (Njáls saga) Volume 2, Det Kongelige nordiske oldskrift-selskab, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1889, Шаблон:Oclc, p. 821 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Georgia Dunham Kelchner, Dreams in Old Norse Literature and Their Affinities in Folklore, Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1935, Шаблон:Oclc, p. 38.
- ↑ "Reikningsskapurinn fyrir Holtsós", Jón Árnason, Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur og Æfintýri, Volume 1, Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1862, Шаблон:Oclc, p. 416 Шаблон:In lang
