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Hóp
Hóp. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The lake Hóp (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhouːp] ) is situated in the north of Iceland near Blönduós at the Húnafjörður.

In reality, the lake is more of a lagoon than a lake. Its surface area depends on the tides and oscillates between 29 and 44 km2. Its greatest depth is 9 m.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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