or
is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...
in
Troms
Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The long fjord runs through
Balsfjord Municipality
Balsfjord ( - ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storsteinnes. Other notable villages include Mestervik, Mortenhals ...
and
Tromsø Municipality
Tromsø Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the vi ...
. It branches off the
Tromsøysundet strait
A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...
just south of the
city of Tromsø and it flows in a north–south direction, ranging from wide. The
European route E8
The European route E8 is a European route that runs between Tromsø, Norway and Turku, Finland. The length of the route is .
* E8: Tromsø – Nordkjosbotn – Skibotn – Kilpisjärvi – Kaaresuvanto – Muonio – Tornio – Keminmaa ...
highway follows most of the eastern shore of the fjord and the
European route E6
European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...
highway runs along the southern end of the fjord. The village of
Storsteinnes
or is the administrative center of Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village has a population (2023) of 1,107 and a population density of . This makes it the largest urban area in the municipality. Storsteinnes Chapel is loc ...
lies along the southwestern coast of the fjord and the village of
Nordkjosbotn
or is a small village in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village lies about southeast of the city of Tromsø. The village has a population (2023) of 483 and a population density of .
Two major highways, European route ...
lies at the southeastern end of the fjord.
See also
*
List of Norwegian fjords
This list of Norwegian fjords shows many of the fjords in Norway. In total, there are about 1,190 fjords in Norway and the Svalbard islands. The sortable list includes the lengths and locations of those fjords.
Fjords
See also
* List of gla ...
References
Fjords of Troms
Balsfjord
Tromsø
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