or is a fjord in

Gratangen Municipality Gratangen ( sme, Rivttága suohkan) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årstein. The municip ...

in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The long fjord is an arm off of the main Astafjorden. The municipality of Gratangen surrounds the fjord and is named after the fjord. The fjord is about wide, except for a very narrow wide point in the middle of the fjord where the village of

Årstein Årstein is the administrative centre of Gratangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the Gratangsfjorden at the narrowest point along the fjord. The Årstein Bridge crosses the fjord ...

is located. At that point, the

Årstein Bridge Årstein is the administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as admi ...

Norwegian County Road 825 Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including th ...

crosses the fjord. Gratangsbotn 2014

The villages of Fjordbotn and Elvenes are located at the innermost part of the fjord.

, Åkeneset, and Foldvik are located along the central part of the fjord. Myrlandshaugen and Hilleshamn are located at the mouth of the fjord. The European route E06 highway passes about southeast of Fjordbotn and Elvenes.

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Fjords of Troms og Finnmark Gratangen {{Norway-fjord-stub

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