Lyngen (also known as , , or ) is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...
in
Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. ...
county,
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 the ...
. The long fjord is the longest
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...
in
Troms
Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...
and it is often used as the dividing line between "northern Troms" and "southern Troms". The fjord is located within the municipalities of
Skjervøy,
Nordreisa,
Lyngen
Lyngen ( se, Ivggu suohkan; fkv, Yykeän komuuni) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet. Other villages include Furuflaten, Lattervika, Nord-Lenang ...
,
Gáivuotna–Kåfjord, and
Storfjord. It stretches from the village of
Hatteng
Hatteng ( se, Háhtta; fkv, Hattu) is the administrative centre of Storfjord Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E06 highway at the southern end of the Storfjorden, a branch of th ...
in
Storfjord Municipality in the south all the way north to the islands of
Skjervøy Municipality. The
Lyngen Alps
The Lyngen Alps ( no, Lyngsalpene) are a mountain range in northeastern Troms og Finnmark county in Norway, east of the city of Tromsø. The mountain range runs through the municipalities of Lyngen, Balsfjord, and Storfjord. The mountains follow ...
lie along the western shore of the fjord and the
European route E06
European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and thr ...
highway runs along the eastern shore. The
Kåfjorden branches off of the main fjord on the east side, and the southernmost part of the fjord is also known as the
Storfjorden.
Media gallery
View to Lyngenfjorden from east coast, 2010 06.jpg, A view of the Lyngenfjorden
Cod drying in Lyngen.JPG, Cod drying along the fjord
Aurora borealis above Lyngenfjorden, 2012 March-2.jpg, View of the fjord under the northern lights
Zwischen Alta & Narvik 2 Norwegen.jpg, View from Rottsund, Nordreisa
See also
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List of Norwegian fjords
References
External links
Visit Lyngenfjord
Fjords of Troms og Finnmark
Lyngen
Skjervøy
Nordreisa
Gáivuotna–Kåfjord
Storfjord
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