The Flóabardagi was a naval battle on June 25, 1244 off the coast of Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

, in Húnaflói

Húnaflói

Húnaflói is a large bay between Strandir and Skagaströnd in Iceland. It is about wide and long. The towns Blönduós and Skagaströnd are located on the bay's eastern side....

 Bay, during the Sturlungaöld civil war. The conflicting parties were the followers of Þórður kakali Sighvatsson and those of Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson

Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson

Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson was an Icelandic chieftain or goði of the Ásbirningar family clan. He fought with Gissur Þorvaldsson against the Sturlungs in the Icelandic civil war during the Age of the Sturlungs. His homestead was in Víðimýri in Skagafjörður....

. Þórður's men were from the Westfjords

Westfjords

The Westfjords or West Fjords is the name for the large peninsula in northwestern Iceland. It is connected to the rest of Iceland by a 7 km wide isthmus between Gilsfjörður and Bitrufjörður. The Westfjords are very mountainous; the coastline is heavily indented by dozens of fjords surrounded by...

 of Iceland, while Kolbeinn's were northerners. The primary weapons were hurled rocks between boats. A detailed description of the battle can be found in Sturlunga saga

Sturlunga saga

Sturlunga saga is a collection of Icelandic sagas by various authors from the 12th and 13th centuries; it was assembled ca. 1300...

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