Sykkylvsfjorden 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 ...

Sykkylven Municipality Sykkylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages in the municipality include Ikornnes, Straumgjerde, and Tusvik. The municip ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...

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 fjord is a branch off of the main Storfjorden. The villages of

Aure Aure may refer to: Places France * Aure, Ardennes, a commune of the Ardennes ''département'' * Aure (river), a river in northwestern France Norway * Aure, Norway, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county * Aure (village), a village in Aure Mun ...

and

Ikornnes Ikornnes is a village in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, about east of the village of Tusvik, north of Straumgjerde, and about west of the municipal center of Aure via the ...

are located near the mouth of the fjord and the village of Straumgjerde lies at the innermost part of the fjord. The

Sykkylven Bridge The Sykkylven Bridge ( no, Sykkylvsbrua) is a concrete bridge that crosses the Sykkylvsfjorden in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It connects the municipal center of Aure with the village of Ikornnes on the other side ...

crosses the fjord between Aure and Ikornnes. Ikorness is home to

Ekornes Ekornes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jens E. Ekornes (1908–1976), Norwegian businessman *Jens Petter Ekornes (1942–2008), Norwegian businessman, nephew of Jens *Kenneth Ekornes Kenneth Ekornes (born 7 July 1974 i ...

sofas and Stressless recliners, the largest manufacturers of furniture in Scandinavia. The deepest point in the fjord is below sea level, near where it joins the Storfjorden. The long fjord is mostly less than wide (except for the area around the mouth of the fjord), with the narrowest point being only wide.

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Fjords of Møre og Romsdal Sykkylven {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub

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