Ørstafjorden is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...
in
Ørsta Municipality
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Ørsta (v ...
in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...
,
Norway
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. The long fjord runs from the village of
Ørsta Ørsta may refer to:
Places
* Ørsta (village), an urban village area within Ørsta Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway
*Ørsta Municipality
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, ...
to the
Vartdalsfjorden. The fjord is about wide and the deepest point in the fjord reaches below sea level. The
European route E39
European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...
highway runs along the eastern and southern shores of the fjord. The southern entrance to the
Eiksund Tunnel
The Eiksund tunnel () is an undersea tunnel in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, which runs under the Vartdalsfjorden connecting the municipalities of Ørsta and Ulstein. The tunnel is long and reaches a depth of below sea level, and was the d ...
is located along the western shore of the fjord.
The inner parts of the fjord do freeze when there are extended periods of cold weather in the winters.
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
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Fjords of Møre og Romsdal
Ørsta