Kolkuós

Kolkuós (English: "Kolka estuary") is an abandoned property and old trading center in Skagafjörður, Iceland, 15 kilometers from Sauðárkrókur and 10 kilometers from Hofsós. There is now a guest house operating there.

There is a good area for docking ships in a harbor naturally created by the estuary, where there is a spit of land functioning as a natural jetty. However,it is uncertain whether a seafaring ship would have been able to sail into the estuary itself because there is a low, flat boulder that hinders boat travel. Around 300 meters west of the spit of land is a rather tall, rocky islet called Elínarhólmi. It is thought that Elínarhólmi had been connected to the mainland through the spit of land, which would have made the harbor even better, although it has now mostly disappeared into the sea. The ocean still cuts Elínarhólmi off from the spit of land. Artifacts have been found there and excavations have taken place there in hopes of excavating as much as possible before the ocean erodes the land.