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- Straumfjörð abstract "Straumfjörð Icelandic), or Straumfjǫrð (Old Norse) sometimes anglisised to Straumsfjordr, Straumfjordr, Straumsfjord or Straumfjord, is according to the Sagas of Icelanders a fjord in Vinland where Þorfinnr \"Karlsefni\" Þórðarson set up a temporary settlement. It is described in the Saga of Erik the Red, but not in the Greenland saga. Its name translates to \"Current-fjord\", \"Stream-fjord\" or \"Tide-fjord\".Two somewhat different versions of the travels of Karlsefni appear in the sagas; they are found in the Hauksbók and the Flateyjarbók. They tell that Straumsey (Current-isle) lies at the mouth of Straumfjörð; this is an island with an extreme density of birds.The whereabouts of Straumfjörð has been, and is, subject to intense speculation.".