Skålvik Fjord (also Skaalvik Fjord; no, Skålvikfjorden) is an arm of Vinje Fjord in the municipality of

Halsa Halsa is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it became part of Heim Municipality in Trondelag county. It was part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of Hal ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

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 ...

, in the traditional

Nordmøre Nordmøre (English: North- Møre) is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. The area comprises the northern third of the county including the municipalities of Kristiansund, Averøy, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Aure, Halsa, ...

district. Skålvik Fjord extends southwards to Betna. Geologically, the same channel of the fjord extends north of Vinje Fjord and continues as the Sålå Strait (''Sålåsundet'') in the Municipality of Aure. The entrance to the fjord lies between the Korsneset peninsula to the west and the hamlet of Steinstien to the east. The outer part of the fjord is only wide until it expands at the village of Vågland on the eastern shore, outside of

Liabøen Liabøen or Liabø is a village in Heim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Skålvik Fjord, along the European route E39 highway, about northeast of the village of Halsanaustan and about west of the villag ...

. Between Vågland and Klevset on the opposite shore there are several islands and islets in the fjord. There is a boatyard (Vaagland Båtbyggeri AS) in Vågland. The village of Betna lies at the southwest end of the fjord, above Betna Bay (''Betnvågen''). Reit Bay (''Reitvågen'') lies on the other side, just east of Halsa. Reit Bay has two beaches; these were designated as the Reit Bay Nature Reserve (''Reitvågen naturreservat'') in 2002. In 2002, the orca Keiko appeared in Skålvik Fjord, resulting in extensive media coverage.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skalvik Fjord Fjords of Møre og Romsdal