, , 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 ...
in
Troms
Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...
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 the longest
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 Troms county and it is often used as the dividing line between "northern Troms" and "southern Troms". The fjord is located within the municipalities of
Skjervøy,
Nordreisa Nordreisa may refer to:
Places
* Nordreisa Municipality, a municipality in Troms county, Norway
* Nordreisa Church, a church in Nordreisa Municipality in Troms county, Norway
Other
* Nordreisa IL, a sports club in Nordreisa Municipality in Troms c ...
,
Lyngen,
Gáivuotna–Kåfjord, and
Storfjord Storfjorden or Storfjord (meaning "big fjord" in Norwegian) may refer to several places in Norway:
Fjords
*Storfjorden (Sunnmøre)
Storfjorden (or ''Storfjord'') is a long fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It str ...
. It stretches from the village of
Hatteng in
Storfjord Municipality
, (Northern Sami; ), or is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hatteng. Other villages in Storfjord include Elvevoll, Oteren, and Skibotn.
The municipality is the 54th l ...
in the south all the way north to the islands of
Skjervøy Municipality
Skjervøy Municipality (, ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Skjervøy (village), town of Skjervøy on the island of Skjervøya ...
. The
Lyngen Alps lie on the
Lyngen Peninsula along the western shore of the fjord. The
European route E06
European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...
highway runs along the eastern shore of the fjord. The
Kåfjorden branches off of the main fjord on the east side, and the southernmost part of the fjord is also known as the
Storfjorden.
Media gallery
View to Lyngenfjorden from east coast, 2010 06.jpg, A view of the Lyngenfjord
Cod drying in Lyngen.JPG, Cod drying along the fjord
Aurora borealis above Lyngenfjorden, 2012 March-2.jpg, View of the fjord under the northern lights
Zwischen Alta & Narvik 2 Norwegen.jpg, View from Rottsund, Nordreisa
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
External links
Visit Lyngenfjord
Fjords of Troms
Lyngen
Skjervøy
Nordreisa
Gáivuotna–Kåfjord
Storfjord
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