Mefjorden (Troms)
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Mefjorden 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
Senja Municipality Senja is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hå ...
in
Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English language, English), is a Counties of Norway, county in Northern Norway, northern Norway that was established ...
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 cuts into the large island of Senja from northwest. The villages of
Mefjordvær Mefjordvær is a fishing village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located about northwest of the village of Senjahopen, along the Mefjorden Mefjorden or Mefjord is a small fjord in Sandefjord Municipa ...
and
Senjahopen Senjahopen or Senjehopen is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Senjahopen is located along the Mefjorden on the northwest part of the large island of Senja, where it is one of the most important fishing village ...
are located at the southern side of the fjord, and at the innermost point in the fjord is the village of Mefjordbotn.


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