Norddalsfjorden is a branch off of the main
Storfjorden in
Møre og Romsdal county,
Norway
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. The fjord is located in
Fjord Municipality and a small part is also in
Stranda Municipality. The
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, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...
is long, when you include the
Tafjorden arm that stretches further east, it is in total. In the Middle Ages, the combined Norddalsfjorden and Tafjorden were probably called «Todarfjorden» (Tafjorden).
Norwegian County Road 63 and
Norwegian County Road 650 runs along the fjord and includes a ferry crossing between Eidsdal and Linge. In the 1960s villages Stranda-Liabygda-Eidsdal-Valldal-Norddal-Fjørå-Tafjord were still connected by a web of ferry crossings.
The fjord's mouth sits to the west between the village of
Liabygda
Liabygda is a village in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the Norddalsfjorden, just north of the mouth of the Sunnylvsfjorden. Liabygda and its immediate vicinity are separa ...
on the northern shore and mount Skrednakken on the southern shore. Further into the fjord, the villages of
Eidsdal
Eidsdal is a village and valley in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the south side of the Norddalsfjorden, about southwest of the municipal centre of Sylte, Norddal, Sylte and the village of Norddal (vil ...
and
Norddal lie along the southern shore, and their respective rivers . Eidsdal is connected to Linge on the northern shore by a
ferry. A few kilometers east of Linge lies the village
Sylte at the mouth of river Valldøla which runs through the large
Valldalen
Valldalen (or sometimes just ''Valldal'') is a valley in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located north of the Norddalsfjorden. The village of Sylte, Norddal, Sylte (which is also called Valldal) is located at the end ...
valley.
[Helland, Anund (1911): Norges land og folk. Topografisk-statistisk beskrevet : topografisk-statistisk beskrivelse over Romsdals amt. (2 volumes). Kristiania: Aschehoug.] Further east lies the tiny village of Fjøra, at the mouth of
Tafjorden. The village of
Tafjord
Tafjord is a village in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is in a valley located at the end of the Tafjorden, about southeast of the municipal centre of Sylte, and just west of the borders of Reinheimen Nation ...
lies at the end of the Tafjorden arm.
Gallery
Storfjorden, Norddalsfjorden.jpg, Norddalsfjorden as seen from Stranda-Liabygda ferry
Groetet.jpg, The wide Norddalsfjorden in the distance, more narrow Tafjorden left
Norddalsfjord-Tafjord.JPG, Norddalsfjorden close, Tafjorden behind
Norddalsfjorden Dalsbygda.JPG, Norddal (Dalsbygda) at the fjord
Norddalsfjorden 001.jpg, Junction of Norddalsfjorden and Sunnylvsfjorden as seen from the north
See also
*
List of Norwegian fjords
References
Fjords of Møre og Romsdal
Fjord (municipality)
Stranda
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