Gunnekleivfjorden is a
fjord in
Porsgrunn Municipality
is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn.
The municipality of Porsgrunn was ...
in
Telemark county,
Norway. The long fjord is located at the head of
Frierfjord
Frierfjorden is a fjord in the Grenland traditional district in the county of Telemark, Norway. It is an arm of the Langesundsfjord and well into the 1700s was also known as the Langesundsfjord. Frierfjorden stretches from the opening to Lange ...
in the
town of Porsgrunn.
The west side of the fjord is defined by the
Herøya peninsula at the mouth of
Telemarksvassdraget
The Skien watershed is the third largest watershed of Norway after those of the Glomma and the Drammen rivers.
The catchment area is , and the maximum length is .
The Skien watershed includes rivers which feed Lake Norsjø above Skien;
* Vinje- ...
. Herøya features a large industrial park that was founded in
1928
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. It contains major facilities of
Norsk Hydro,
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, and
REC (ScanWafer subsidiary). The east side of the fjord belongs to
Skrapeklev, a residential area in the
town of Porsgrunn.
The fjord's mouth lies on the north end of the fjord where the Porsgrunn River discharges into the
Frierfjord
Frierfjorden is a fjord in the Grenland traditional district in the county of Telemark, Norway. It is an arm of the Langesundsfjord and well into the 1700s was also known as the Langesundsfjord. Frierfjorden stretches from the opening to Lange ...
at
Norsk Hydro's factory complex. The
Skien River
The Skien watershed is the third largest watershed of Norway after those of the Glomma and the Drammen rivers.
The catchment area is , and the maximum length is .
The Skien watershed includes rivers which feed Lake Norsjø above Skien;
* Vinje ...
, which begins in
Skien, is called the Porsgrunn River as it runs through Porsgrunn. Small watercraft traffic can also pass through a man-made canal at the south of the fjord.
The fjord is heavily polluted due to the development of the industrial area at Herøya. The fjord has
brackish water with a significant amount of fish (both freshwater and saltwater species).
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
Porsgrunn
Fjords of Telemark
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