Skjoldafjorden is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Icela ...
in
Rogaland
Rogaland () is a county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 479,892. The admin ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. The long fjord is a northern branch of vast
Boknafjorden which dominates Rogaland county.
The fjord is located in the municipalities of
Tysvær
Tysvær is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the Haugalandet region. The municipality is located on the Haugalandet peninsula on the northern side of the Boknafjorden, just east of the towns of Kopervik and Haugesun ...
and
Vindafjord. The north end of the Skjoldafjorden at the village of
Skjold connects to the
Grindafjorden which flows from the village of
Grinde to Skjold. The south end of the fjord empties in to a large bay called the Hervikfjorden, which flows directly into the Boknafjorden.
The island
Borgøy is located at the mouth of the fjord where the Hervikfjorden begins. Further to the north, the narrow passage
Skjoldastraumen
Skjoldastraumen is a village in Tysvær municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Skjoldafjorden, about east of the village of Grinde and about northwest of the village of Yrke. The village lies on one of the ...
has strong tide flows and is rather shallow. A lock system was built there to accommodate boat traffic. It is the only salt water
lock in Norway.
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 gl ...
References
Vindafjord
Tysvær
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