Bindalsfjorden
is a
fjord
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in the southern part of
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county,
Norway
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. The fjord is mostly located in
Bindal Municipality
Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Terråk. Other villages include Bindalseidet, Holm, Vassås, Horsfjord and Åbygda.
The ...
, with a small part in neighboring
Sømna Municipality.
Geography
The long fjord begins near the villages of
Terråk and
Vassås, where the Sørfjorden and Tosenfjorden join together. It then flows northwest, past the
Bindalseidet isthmus, and then southwest past the village of
Holm, before the mouth of the fjord by the island of
Austra.
There are several large arms that branch off of the fjord, including the Ursfjorden to the north and the Kjella and Sørfjorden to the south. The innermost part of the Bindalsfjorden is known as the "
Tosen". The deepest part of the fjord is by the island of Stavøya, where it is deep.
References
Bindal
Fjords of Nordland
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