Hamnesfjord or Hamnesfjorden 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 ...

in Surnadal Municipality in

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

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 long fjord begins at the mouth of the

Bøvra The Bøvra, also known as the Bævra, is a river in the municipality of Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal county and in the municipalities of Rindal and Heim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long river runs through the Bøver Valley and empties into ...

River at the village of

Bøverfjorden Bøverfjorden (sometimes Bæverfjord or Bøverfjord) is a village in the municipality of Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies on the shore of Hamnesfjord along County Road 65 where the Bøvra River empties into the fjord. Name ...

, just east of the village of

Åsskard Åsskard is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located in the western part of the municipality, at the innermost part of the Åsskardfjorden which is a branch off the main Trongfjorden. The vi ...

, about northwest of the villages of Sylte, Skei, and

Surnadalsøra Surnadalsøra is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Surnadalsfjorden, near the mouth of the river Surna (Norway), Surna. It is located just southwest of the villages of Sylte, S ...

. The fjord flows west into the main

Trongfjorden Trongfjorden is a fjord between Surnadal Municipality and Tingvoll Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is approximately long and is a continuation of the Halsafjorden on the north end near the village of Torjulvågen in Tin ...

. There are few settlements along the fjord due to the steep mountainsides along the fjord.

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Fjords of Møre og Romsdal Surnadal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub