Batnfjorden
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
Gjemnes Municipality in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...
county,
Norway
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. The long fjord begins at the village of
Batnfjordsøra
Batnfjordsøra is the administrative centre of Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Batnfjorden at the mouth of the river Batnfjordelva. European Route E39 passes through the village ...
, the municipal center of Gjemnes Municipality, and runs to the northeast toward the island of
Bergsøya, where it joins the
Tingvollfjorden. Other villages on the shores of the fjord include
Gjemnes
Gjemnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Batnfjordsøra, which lies along the Batnfjorden and it is a former steamship ...
,
Torvikbukt
Torvikbukt is a village in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the junction of the Batnfjorden and Tingvollfjorden and just northwest of the tall mountain Reinsfjellet. The village of Øre lies ...
, and
Øre
Øre (plural ''øre'', , ) is the centesimal subdivision of the Danish krone, Danish and Norwegian krone. The Faroese króna, Faroese division is called the ''oyra'', but is equal in value to the Danish coin. Before their discontinuation, the cor ...
. The
European route E39
European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...
highway runs along the northern shore of the fjord.
The river
Batnfjordelva
Batnfjordelva is a river in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It originates from the lake Botnvatnet and it flows to the east and later northeast until it empties into the Batnfjorden at the village of Batnfjordsøra. The r ...
flows into this 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
Gjemnes
Fjords of Møre og Romsdal
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