Tønsbergfjorden is a
fjord in
Vestfold county,
Norway. The long fjord runs between the mainland (
Sandefjord Municipality) and the islands of
Tjøme and
Nøtterøy
Nøtterøy is an island and a former municipality in the present-day municipality of Færder in Vestfold and Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Borgheim. The parish of ''Nøtterø'' was estab ...
(
Færder Municipality
Færder is a municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim. The municipality was established in 2018 by the unification of the former municipalities of ...
). The fjord has a number of islands located within it including
Veierland
Veierland is a populated, carfree island in Færder municipality, Norway. A ferry service operated by Jutøya AS connects the island with the nearby, larger island of Nøtterøy. The island also has a permanent ferry link to Engø peninsula in n ...
, Hui,
Langø
Langø is an island in Denmark. It is situated in the Ulvsund between Sjælland
Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larg ...
,
Natholmen
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, and the
Stauper
Stauper is an archipelago in the Tønsbergfjord that belongs to Sandefjord, Norway. It consists of 170 decares (17 ha, 42 acres) of rocky islands, islets, and skerries, that are only accessible by boat. Stauper consists of 21 islands, including ...
islands.
The fjord starts out with a width of about and as it heads northwards, it narrows considerably, at one point the fjord is only across. The
city of Tønsberg is located at the northern end of the fjord. There is a small
canal that runs through Tønsberg and it connects the northern end of the fjord to the
Ytre Oslofjord
Ytre Oslofjord (Norwegian literally "Outer Oslo Fjord") is that part of Oslofjord which is south of the threshold of Drøbaksund (literally Drøbak Sound), the strait where the fjord narrows between Drøbak and Hurum, Norway. Ytre Oslofjord stret ...
to the east. The southern end of the fjord is where the mouth is, emptying into the
Ytre Oslofjord
Ytre Oslofjord (Norwegian literally "Outer Oslo Fjord") is that part of Oslofjord which is south of the threshold of Drøbaksund (literally Drøbak Sound), the strait where the fjord narrows between Drøbak and Hurum, Norway. Ytre Oslofjord stret ...
. The mouth lies between
Verdens Ende
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on the east side and the
Østerøya
Østerøya (East Island) is one of two peninsulas outside Sandefjord, Norway. It borders in west to the Mefjord and east to the Tønsbergfjord. Tønsberg Barrel is located on the southern end of the peninsula. Tønsberg Barrel is an old beacon ...
peninsula in the west. The small
Lahellefjorden is an arm which branches off the Tønsbergfjorden to the west.
See also
*
List of Norwegian fjords
This list of Norwegian fjords shows many of the fjords in Norway. In total, there are about 1,190 fjords in Norway and the Svalbard islands. The sortable list includes the lengths and locations of those fjords.
Fjords
See also
* List of gla ...
References
Sandefjord
Fjords of Vestfold
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