Gulen is a
fjord
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in
Bremanger Municipality
Bremanger is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village of Svelgen is the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages include Bremanger, Berle, Davik, Isane, Kalvåg, Svelgen, Rugsund, and Ålfoten. Bremanger i ...
in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
county,
Norway
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. The fjord empties into the
Frøysjøen
Frøysjøen is a fjord (or more accurately, a strait) in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The fjord is about long and between wide. The fjord runs on a northeast–southwest axis between the mainland of Norway (on the east) a ...
strait (on the west end) and to the east, it splits into three branches:
Nordgulen
Nordgulen is a fjord in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway
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,
Midtgulen
Midtgulen is a fjord in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is a branch southwards off the main Gulen (fjord), Gulen fjord. The length of the fjord is about . The fjord is the middle of the three branches of Gulen; the other t ...
, and
Sørgulen
Sørgulen is a fjord in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway
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. The fjord is a maximum of long (including the Nordgulen branch), terminating at the village of
Svelgen
Svelgen is the administrative centre of Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the Nordgulen fjord and at the mouth of the Svelgselva river. The Bortne Tunnel is located about north of ...
in the east. The
Svelgen
Svelgen is the administrative centre of Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the Nordgulen fjord and at the mouth of the Svelgselva river. The Bortne Tunnel is located about north of ...
river is one of the primary inflows 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 Vestland
Bremanger
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