🌿 West Norwegian Fjords

Norway · Europe · Natural · 62.10°N, 7.10°E

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West Norwegian Fjords
Geirangerfjorden (Norwegian) or Geiranger Fjord (English) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in Stranda Municipality. It is a 15-kilometre-long branch off the Sunnylvsfjorden, which itself is a branch off the Storfjorden. The small village of Geiranger is located at the end of the fjord where the Geirangelva river empties into it.

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Quick facts

CountryNorway
Continent / regionEurope
List type🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)62.10°N, 7.10°E · view on map

West Norwegian Fjords is a natural World Heritage site in Norway, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why West Norwegian Fjords was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Bryggen · Røros Mining Town and the Circumference · Rock Art of Alta · Urnes Stave Church · Vega Archipelago · West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord · Røros Mining Town and the Circumference · Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site.

Coordinates are an approximate site centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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