Nuvsfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of
Loppa
Loppa ( sme, Láhppi and fkv, Lappea) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes, Bergsfjord, Langfjordhamn, Loppa, ...
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 ...
, Norway. The fjord has a length of about eight kilometers.
The village of
Nuvsvåg
Nuvsvåg is a village in Loppa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland, along the Nuvsfjorden. This part of Loppa is a peninsula that has one road along the fjord, but it is only accessible by a ...
is located along the fjord. To the south is the glacier of
Øksfjordjøkelen
or is the ninth largest glacier in mainland Norway. The glacier is located in Troms og Finnmark county. The glacier lies in both Loppa and Kvænangen municipalities.
The highest point was earlier known to have an elevation of . It is now due ...
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Name
The name is from the Norwegian word ''nuv,'' meaning rounded hump or mountain, which is also the name of the rounded mountain ''Nuven'' at the mouth of the fjord. The Old Norse name ''Hnúfafjǫrðr'' comes from the word ''hnúfa'', which either means hump, but it's also a byname alternately meaning "snub" or snub-nosed. The word "'hnufa' also refers to a bondmaid whose nose has been cut off for theft thrice repeated.
References
Fjords of Troms og Finnmark
Loppa
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