Skipsfjorden is a branch of the
Torskenfjorden in
Senja Municipality
Senja is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hålogaland. ...
on the western coast of the large
island of Senja in
Troms
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county,
Norway
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.
The mouth of the fjord lies between Selneset on the west and Galgeneset on the east. The fjord runs about in a roughly eastwards direction to Skipsfjordbotn.
The village of
Torsken is located at Selneset at the mouth of the fjord. The mountain Skipstinden lies on the north side of the fjord and it climbs steeply to above sea level although its highest peak ( above sea level) lies a little to the northeast of the inlet.
See also
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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
Fjords of Troms
Senja
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