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The Simadal Fjord ( no, Simadalsfjorden) is a branch of the
Eid Fjord The Eid Fjord ( no, Eidfjorden) is the innermost part of the Hardanger Fjord in Norway. It extends eastwards from the Utne Fjord and Sørfjorden. The Eid Fjord lies in the municipalities of Ullensvang, Ulvik, and Eidfjord in Vestland county. ...
in the municipality of
Eidfjord Eidfjord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Eidfjord, where the majority of the municipal populatio ...
in
Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...
,
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 Simadal Fjord is the innermost branch of the
Hardanger Fjord The Hardangerfjord ( en, Hardanger Fjord) is the fifth longest fjord in the world, and the second longest fjord in Norway. It is located in Vestland county in the Hardanger region. The fjord stretches from the Atlantic Ocean into the mountain ...
. It is long and extends east from its mouth between Blurnes and Eikenes to the head of the fjord at the
Sima Valley The Sima Valley ( no, Simadal) is a river valley in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway. The long valley begins below Lake Rembesdal, with an elevation of , which is one of the sources of the Sima River. The valley then runs ...
. The fjord is surrounded by high and steep mountains reaching elevations up to . The
Kjeåsen Kjeåsen is a mountain farm (with two farmsteads) in the municipality of Eidfjord in Norway's Hardanger district, in Vestland county. The farm lies at an elevation of at the innermost point of the Simadal Fjord. The farm is no longer being worked ...
mountain farm lies on the mountain slope north of the mouth of the fjord. Below Kjeåsen is the
Sima Hydroelectric Power Station The Sima Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in the municipality Eidfjord in Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of B ...
, which has its outlet into the fjord.
Norwegian County Road 103 County Road 5096 ( no, Fylkesvei 5096) is a long county road in Eidfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The road heads northeast from the village of Eidfjord. Prior to 2020, the road was called County Road 103. It was changed in 2020 ...
runs along the south side of the fjord and continues into the Sima Valley.


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