Saltdal Fjord ( no, Saltdalsfjorden) is a fjord arm of
Skjerstad Fjord
Skjerstad FjordWelle-Strand, Erling. 1988. ''2500 Miles on the Coastal Steamer''. Narvik: Notrabooks, p. 31. ( no, Skjerstadfjorden) is a fjord in the municipalities of Bodø, Fauske, and Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. It is a long arm off ...
in the municipality of
Saltdal
Saltdal ( sme, Sálát) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rognan. Other villages in Saltdal include Røkland and Løn ...
in
Nordland county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
,
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 fjord extends south to the village of
Rognan
Rognan is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located at the innermost part of Skjerstad Fjord, called Saltdal Fjord. It is located about north of the village of R ...
at the bottom of the fjord.
The inlet of the fjord lies between Hjelbunes, a headland to the west, and Langruodden, a promontory to the east. The village of
Setså lies on the east side of the fjord, slightly inland from the shore. On the west lies the hamlet of Vik inside the bay formed by Tangodden, a peninsula jutting north into the fjord.
[''Norges land og folk: Nordlands amt''. 1908. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Company, p. 250.] Rognan lies at the foot of the fjord,
[Philpott, Don. 1991. ''Visitor's Guide: Norway''. Ashbourne: Moorland, p. 200.] and this is also where the Saltdal River flows into the fjord. West of the river's mouth lie the hamlets of
Saksenvik and Botn.
The
Nordland Line
The Nordland Line ( no, Nordlandsbanen, ) is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø, Norway. It is the longest in Norway and lacks electrification. The route runs through the counties of Trøndelag (formerly Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trønd ...
railway and the
European route E6 highway both run along the entire east side of the fjord,
and
Norwegian County Road 515 runs along the west side.
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Fjords of Nordland
Saltdal