or 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 ...

Hammerfest Municipality Hammerfest (; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality being the Hammerfest (town), town of Hammerfest which is considered the List of no ...

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The long fjord is located on the northeast side of the island of Kvaløya.

Details

Although Kvalfjorden is in the Arctic, the warming effects of the

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warm the area. The fjord is between Brattneset in the north and Kvalfjordneset in the south and stretches southwest. The village of

Forsøl Forsøl is a fishing village in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the northeastern coast of the island of Kvaløya, Finnmark, Kvaløya, about northeast of the Hammerfest (town), town of Hammerfest. The Kvalfjor ...

lies just to the north of the fjord. At the heart of the fjord, it divides into the two bays Vesterbotn and Pollen. Both of these have individual houses built along the shorelines. The fjord is at its deepest point, just west of Kvalfjordneset. County Road 8124 () runs along parts of the fjord on the west side.

Climate

Vesterbotn experiences a varied climate, with notable temperature differences throughout the year and occasional strong winds. From April 2022 to April 2023, the highest temperature reached on 26 July. On the other hand, the lowest temperature recorded was on 9 March. The region also experiences strong winds, with the highest wind speed recorded at on 10 August and the strongest gust reaching on 11 November.

References

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