Tafjord is a village in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county,

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. The village is very isolated and (other than by boat) the only way into the valley is by road from the village of Sylte. The road is composed almost entirely of two

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s through the very steep mountains along the edge of the Tafjorden: the Heggur Tunnel and the long Skjegghammar Tunnel.

Geography

The village is in a valley located at the end of the Tafjorden, about southeast of the village of Sylte, and just west of the borders of Reinheimen National Park. In the park, the mountains Tordsnose, Karitinden, and Puttegga all lie about to the southeast of Tafjord in the Tafjordfjella mountain range.

Tafjord landslide

On 7 April 1934, a rockslide of about of rock fell off the mountain Langhamaren from a height of about . The rock landed in the Tafjorden which created a local megatsunami which killed 34 people living on the shore of the fjord. The waves reached a height of near the landslide, about at Sylte, and about at Tafjord. It was one of the worst natural disasters in Norway in the 20th century.

Climate

The weather station in Tafjord have been recording since 1925, and holds the record for the warmest temperature in Norway in November at . The January record was recorded the night before 29 January 2024. These warm temperatures in winter and late autumn are primarily due to foehn wind.

References

{{authority control Villages in Møre og Romsdal Fjord (municipality)