Hamnesfjord or Hamnesfjorden is a
fjord
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in
Surnadal Municipality in
Møre og Romsdal county,
Norway
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.
The long fjord begins at the mouth of the
Bøvra
The Bøvra, also known as the Bævra, is a river in the municipality of Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal county and in the municipalities of Rindal and Heim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long river runs through the Bøver Valley and empties into ...
River at the village of
Bøverfjorden
Bøverfjorden (sometimes Bæverfjord or Bøverfjord) is a village in the municipality of Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies on the shore of Hamnesfjord along County Road 65 where the Bøvra River empties into the fjord.
Name
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, just east of the village of
Åsskard
Åsskard is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located in the western part of the municipality, at the innermost part of the Åsskardfjorden which is a branch off the main Trongfjorden. The vi ...
, about northwest of the villages of
Sylte,
Skei, and
Surnadalsøra. The fjord flows west into the main
Trongfjorden. There are few settlements along the fjord due to the steep mountainsides along the fjord.
References
Fjords of Møre og Romsdal
Surnadal
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