Stad or Stadlandet is a
peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...
in
Stad Municipality in the northwestern part of the
Nordfjord district in
Vestland county in
Norway. The peninsula is considered the dividing point between the
Norwegian Sea to the north and the
North Sea to the south. The name is sometimes also written as ''Stadt'', ''Statt'', or ''Statlandet'' (not to be confused with the similar
German word ''
Stadt
Stad or Stadlandet is a peninsula in Stad Municipality in the northwestern part of the Nordfjord district in Vestland county in Norway. The peninsula is considered the dividing point between the Norwegian Sea to the north and the North Sea to t ...
''), because the
Norwegian pronunciation of the ''d'' in this case is as a ''t''. The name could be translated as "''the land of places''" or ''"the land of towns''". Some of the larger villages on the peninsula include
Ervik (northwestern tip),
Borgundvåg and
Leikanger (northeastern side), and the village of
Selje (southwestern side).
Geography
The peninsula is a mountain
plateau topped by the Tarvaldsegga peak. There are several lower valleys on the peninsula, but at the western end, the plateau plunges into the sea in a cliff at ''Kjerringa''.
Stad Peninsula has a very harsh, windy
climate. The highest wind speed in the country is often recorded at this promontory. Located between the cities of
Bergen (to the south) and
Ã…lesund (in
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 to the north), this is the only peninsula of mainland between
Stavanger
Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...
and
Honningsvåg that goes out into open sea without any archipelago that breaks waves. Most of the rest of the ship route from Bergen to Ålesund is protected by islands. The
Svinøy Lighthouse
Svinøy Lighthouse ( no, Svinøy fyrstasjon) is a fully automated lighthouse situated on the island of Svinøy in the sea off the Stad peninsula. It is located in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, on the western coast of ...
(''Svinøy fyr'') is located north of the peninsula on a small island in the
Norwegian Sea.
Because of the harsh climate, the peninsula can be an obstacle for ship transport along the coast of Norway. It is one of the main obstacles preventing a fast-boat passenger route from
Bergen to
Ã…lesund, a distance of . Current transportation from Bergen-Ã…lesund is by air via
Oslo, by car (7–8 hours), by bus (9 hours) or by the
Hurtigruten coastal ferry (13 hours).
As far back as the 1870s there were plans for the construction of a ship
tunnel. A pilot project was developed in 1985, and the development company founded the same year. Plans are currently well underway to build the
Stad Ship Tunnel at the narrowest point connecting the
Moldefjorden
The Moldefjorden is a fjord in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is a long branch off of the main Romsdal Fjord. The fjord begins at the Julsundet strait (in the west) and heads east, past the city of Molde, then it cont ...
to the
Kjødspollen (the innermost part of the
Vanylvsfjorden) with capacity to take large ships such as the
Hurtigruten vessels.
Media gallery
File:Indre Fure, Stadtlandet.jpg, The sea at Indre Fure, in the Stad peninsula
File:Stad.jpg, View of the cliffs at the end of Stad
File:Mot Fure på Stadlandet.jpg, View of Fure in the distance
File:Stadt Ã…rvik.jpg, Ã…rvik
File:Stadt Indre Fure.jpg, Indre Fure
File:Stadt Honningsvåg.jpg, Honningsvåg
File:Stadt Hoddevik.jpg, Hoddevik
See also
*
Norwegian trench
References
External links
Selje Municipality
Official travel guide for the Nordfjord region
{{Authority control
Peninsulas of Vestland
Stad, Norway