Sjona 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 ...

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 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 fjord begins in Rana Municipality and flows to the west through

Nesna Municipality Nesna is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Nesna (village), v ...

and Lurøy Municipality into the sea. The islands of

Handnesøya Handnesøya is an island in Nesna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island lies between the islands of Tomma and Hugla and the mainland, along the Sjona fjord. The mountainous island has a very narrow flat areas on the east and west ...

and

Tomma Tomma is an island in Nesna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island sits to the west of the islands of Handnesøya and Hugla. The island is at the southern entrance to the Sjona fjord. The main settlement on this island is the vi ...

lie at the mouth of the fjord. The deepest part of the fjord reaches below sea level.

Norwegian County Road 17 County Road 17 (), also known as the Coastal Highway (), is a Norwegian highway that runs from the town of Bodø in Nordland county (in the north) to the town of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county (in the south). It is long and includes six ferry ...

follows the entire coast of the fjord. Villages along the shore of the fjord include Flostrand, Mæla, and Myklebustad.

Media gallery

File:Sjona001.JPG, Outer part seen from the south; Handnesøya to the left File:NordSjona A.JPG, Outer part seen from the south File:Nordsjona B.JPG, Middle part seen from the south File:Nordsjona C.JPG, Middle part seen from the south File:Nordsjona D.JPG, Inner part seen from the south File:Nordsjona E.JPG, Inner part seen from the south File:Nordsjona F.JPG, Inner part seen from the south

References

Fjords of Nordland Rana, Norway Nesna {{Nordland-geo-stub