Vinjefjorden () 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 ...

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 ...

and

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

counties in

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. It begins at the village of

Vinjeøra Vinjeøra is a village in Heim Municipality, in the Trøndelag county of Norway. The village lies along the European route E39 highway, in particularly at the end of the Vinjefjorden and about south of the municipal center of Kyrksæterøra. Th ...

Heim Municipality Heim is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 upon the merger of three other municipalities. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district ...

(in Trøndelag county) and flows west through the municipalities of Aure, Tingvoll, and

Kristiansund Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, county. The admin ...

(in Møre og Romsdal county). At its western end, it flows into the Talsjøen and Freifjorden. The Halsafjorden,

Skålvik Fjord / or is an arm of the Vinje Fjord in Heim Municipality in Trøndelag County, Norway. It is located in the traditional Nordmøre district (it was part of Møre og Romsdal county prior to 2020). The fjord extends southwards to the village of ...

, and

Valsøyfjorden Valsøyfjorden is a fjord in Heim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is a fjord arm off of the Arasvikfjorden and it runs south past the island of Valsøya. The villages along the fjord include Engan, Hjellnes, and Valsøybotnen. ...

all branch off of the long Vinjefjorden. The central part of the Vinjefjorden is called the

Arasvikfjorden Arasvikfjorden () is a fjord on the border of Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. The fjord is located between Aure Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal) and Heim Municipali ...

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...

runs along the southern shore of the fjord for most of its length.

References

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