The Bjugnfjorden 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, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...

Ørland Municipality Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord where the Stjørnfjorden arm begins. ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. The long fjord begins at the village of

Botngård Botngård is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Bjugnfjorden. It is about north of the village of Høybakken, about east of the village of Nes, and ab ...

and it heads to the west past the

Kjeungskjær Lighthouse The Kjeungskjær Lighthouse ( no, Kjeungskjær fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on a tiny island at the mouth of the Bjugnfjorden about west of the village of Ut ...

into the

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. Other villages along the fjord include

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and

Uthaug Uthaug is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the south shore of the Bjugnfjorden about west of the village of Opphaug, about north of the town of Brekstad, and about east of the Kjeungskj� ...

. Bjugn Church is located on the southern shore of the fjord. The Stjørnfjorden lies about south of it, on the other side of the Ørlandet peninsula.

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