Aurlandsfjord ( no, Aurlandsfjorden, ) 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, Ice ...

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where 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 flows through the municipalities of

Aurland Aurland () is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Aurlandsvangen. Other villages include Bakka, ...

Vik Vik (Old Norse: vík) means wick or bay in Norwegian and Swedish (''vig'' in Danish), and it may refer to the following: Places Iceland *Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland Iran *Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Norway *V ...

, and Lærdal. The long fjord is a branch off of the main

Sognefjorden The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (, en, Sogn Fjord), nicknamed the King of the Fjords ( no, Fjordenes konge), is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches inland from the ocean to the smal ...

, Norway's longest fjord. The fjord is deep and narrow, reaching a depth of about below sea level, and its width is generally less than wide. About south of the mouth of the fjord, the Nærøyfjord branches off from it to the west. The village of

Flåm Flåm is a village in the Flåmsdalen valley which is located at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjorden, a branch of Sognefjorden. The village is located in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. In 2014 its inhabitants numbered 350. ...

sits at the innermost part of the Aurlandsfjord; other villages along the fjord are

Aurlandsvangen Aurlandsvangen () is the administrative center of Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the east side of the Aurlandsfjorden (a branch of the main Sognefjorden) where the Aurlandselvi river flows into the fjord ...

and

Undredal Undredal is a small village in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The popular tourist destination of Undredal is located along the Aurlandsfjorden which is a branch off the massive Sognefjorden in Norway's "fjord-country." It sits ...

. Most of the fjord is surrounded by up to tall, steep mountains with little habitation along the fjord except for in a few small valleys. Large parts of the fjord are included in the Nærøyfjord section of the ''West Norwegian Fjords'' UNESCO world heritage site.

Gallery

File:Aurlandsfjorden frå Snøvegen.jpg, Aurlandsfjorden as seen from Aurland mountain road File:Aurlandsfjorden from Stegastein.jpg, Seen north-northwest from

Stegastein Stegastein is a scenic overlook on Sogn og Fjordane County Road 243 in Norway. The long and wide platform of steel and laminated pine overlooks Aurlandsvangen and the Aurlandsfjord Aurlandsfjord ( no, Aurlandsfjorden, ) is a fjord in Vestland ...

File:Kongeskipet Norge i Aurlandsfjorden.jpg, The royal yacht at Skjerdal File:Aurlandfjorden.jpg, Panorama File:Flåm cruisehamn Boudicca.jpg, Cruise ship at Flåm File:Undredal from Sognefjord.jpg, Undredal seen from boat

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* Fjords of Vestland Sognefjord Aurland Lærdal Vik {{Vestland-geo-stub