Bjørnafjorden is a
fjord in
Vestland county,
Norway. It runs through the municipalities of
Austevoll,
Bjørnafjorden, and
Tysnes. The large island of
Tysnesøya (and many small, surrounding islands such as
Reksteren) lie along the south side of the Bjørnafjorden and the
Bergen Peninsula and the mainland lie along the north and east sides of the fjord. The
Fusafjorden (and the
Samnangerfjorden which branches off it) split off from the main fjord on the north side by the village of
Osøyro. The fjord is about wide and its maximum depth is below sea level.
The municipality of
Bjørnafjorden, which was established on 1 January 2020 as a merger between the old municipalities of
Os and
Fusa, is named after 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
Geography of Vestland
Fjords of Vestland
Tysnes
Austevoll
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