, , or
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
Troms
Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The long fjord is the longest
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 Troms county 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,
Gáivuotna–Kåfjord, and
Storfjord Storfjorden or Storfjord (meaning "big fjord" in Norwegian) may refer to several places in Norway:
Fjords
*Storfjorden (Sunnmøre)
Storfjorden (or ''Storfjord'') is a long fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It str ...
. It stretches from the village of
Hatteng in
Storfjord Municipality in the south all the way north to the islands of
Skjervøy Municipality. The
Lyngen Alps lie on the
Lyngen Peninsula along the western shore of the fjord. The
European route E06 highway runs along the eastern shore of the fjord. 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 Lyngenfjord
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
*
List of Norwegian fjords
References
External links
Visit Lyngenfjord
Fjords of Troms
Lyngen
Skjervøy
Nordreisa
Gáivuotna–Kåfjord
Storfjord
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