The Vigrafjorden
is a
fjord
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located in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...
county,
Norway
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. The fjord forms the border between
Haram Municipality
Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, ...
and
Giske Municipality
Giske is an island List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality lies north-northwest of the Ålesund (town), town of Ålesund in the Districts of Norway, traditional distr ...
.
It is located east of the island of
Vigra, after which it is named (in Giske Municipality) and southwest of the island of
Lepsøya (in Haram Municipality). In the west, the fjord stretches from the
Norwegian Sea
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about to the small islands of
Kalvøya and
Bjørnøya in the southeast. At its deepest, the fjord reaches below sea level.
Ã…lesund Airport, Vigra
Ålesund Airport (, ), or alternatively Ålesund Vigra Airport, is an international airport serving the Ålesund (town), town of Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the Vigra (island), island of Vigra in Giske Municipali ...
is located on the west side of the fjord, on the island of Vigra. The village of
Roald is located a little north of the airport.
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
Fjords of Møre og Romsdal
Giske
Sunnmøre
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