Hjørundfjorden is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Icel ...
in the
traditional district of
Sunnmøre in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...
. It is located mostly within the municipality of
Ørsta
is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta. Other villages in the municipality include Hovdebygda, Flåsk ...
, although part of the mouth of the fjord is in
Sykkylven. The long fjord is an arm off of the larger
Storfjorden. Villages along the shores of the fjord include
Molaupen,
Hundeidvik,
Trandal,
Sæbø, and
Store Standal
Store-Standal is a small village in the Hjørundfjord section of Ørsta municipality, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The village has a population of approximately 20 people. Store-Standal is located along the Hjørundfjorden midway between the vi ...
.
The area surrounding the Hjørundfjorden was part of the municipality of
Hjørundfjord from 1838 until 1964.
The Hjørundfjorden is surrounded by the
Sunnmørsalpene mountain range in Ørsta and Sykkylven, with mountain peaks reaching straight up from the fjord, including
Skårasalen and
Skopphorn. Both sides of the fjord are heavily wooded, the result of the extensive rainfall on one of the world's wettest fjords.
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 glac ...
References
Fjords of Møre og Romsdal
Ørsta
Sykkylven
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