Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. There are many fjords on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Kamchatka, the Kerguelen Islands, New Zealand, Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Labrador, Nunavut, Newfoundland, Quebec, Scotland, South Georgia Island, and Washington state. Norway's coastline is estimated at 29,000 kilometres (18,000 mi) with nearly 1,200 fjords, but only 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) when fjords are excluded.
Porsgrunn (help·info) is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn.
Vikna is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rørvik. Other villages in Vikna include Austafjord, Garstad, and Valøya.
Nærøy is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. Nærøy is part of the Namdalen region. Norway's smallest town, Kolvereid, is the administrative centre of the municipality. Some villages in Nærøy include Abelvær, Foldereid, Gravvik, Lund, Ottersøy, Salsbruket, Steine, and Torstad.
Leka is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leknes on the island of Leka. Other villages in Leka include Sør-Gutvika and Madsøygrenda. The island municipality includes all of the island of Leka and part of the island of Austra as well as hundreds of smaller surrounding islands and skerries.
Brønnøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre and commercial centre of the municipality is the town of Brønnøysund. A secondary centre is the village of Hommelstø. Other villages include Tosbotn, Lande, Trælnes, and Indreskomo.
Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer.
Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet mountains and Svartisen glacier, which form a natural border with the Salten district. In the south, Helgeland borders Trøndelag county.
Båvrojávrre is a lake that lies on the border between Norway and Sweden. Most of the 6.08-square-kilometre (2.35 sq mi) lake lies in Norway in Tysfjord Municipality in Nordland county. Only 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi) of the lake lies in Sweden in Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County. The lake Baugevatnet lies just to the north. The ending -jávrre is the Lule Sami word for lake.
Fjellvatnet is a lake that is located in Nordland county, Norway. The 5.77-square-kilometre (2.23 sq mi) lake lies mostly in Bindal Municipality, but the far eastern part of the lake extends into the neighboring Brønnøy Municipality where it is known as Storvatnet. It flows out through a channel on the southwestern side of the lake and flows into the neighboring lake Eidevatnet.
Kalvvatnet (Norwegian) or Gaejsienjaevrie (Southern Sami) is a lake in Norway that lies in Namsskogan municipality in Trøndelag county and Bindal municipality in Nordland county. Most of the 2.65-square-kilometre (1.02 sq mi) lake is in Bindal, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of the village of Namsskogan.
Muorkkejávrre (Lule Sami) or Eidevatnet or Eidvatnet (Norwegian) is a lake that lies in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 5.94-square-kilometre (2.29 sq mi) lake lies about 75 metres (246 ft) west of the border with Sweden and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the village of Sulitjelma. The water from the lake flows west into the neighboring lake Låmivatnet. The ending -jávrre is the Lule Sami word for "lake".
Saglivatnet is a lake on the border of Trøndelag and Nordland counties in Norway. The 2.16-square-kilometre (0.83 sq mi) lake lies on the border of the municipalities of Nærøy and Bindal. The water flows out to the north into the river Saglielva which flows into the Sørfjorden, an arm off the main Bindalsfjorden.
Åbjørvatnet (Norwegian) or Diedtjienjaevrie (Southern Sami) is a lake that lies in the southeastern part of the municipality of Bindal in Nordland county, Norway. The lake is part of the river Åbjøra, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of the village of Åbygda.
Åbjøra or Åelva is a river in the municipality of Bindal in Nordland county, Norway. It begins in the mountains between the Tosen fjord and the Namdalen valley. The 59-kilometre (37 mi) long river passes through some lakes, including the lake Åbjørvatnet, then past the village of Åbygda, and ends in the Osan fjord, not far from the village of Terråk. It is a small river but good for fishing for salmon or sea trout.
Urdevassfjell is a mountain located in Ringerike in Buskerud, Norway. The mountain is part of the Ådalsfjella range. It is situated west of the north end of Høgfjell in Ådal and east of Eidvatnet in the village of Strømsoddbygda.
Cato Gunfeldt is a Norwegian journalist in Aftenposten and non-fiction writer of Second World War history. He lives in Bærum.
Nærøysund is a new municipality that will be located in Trøndelag county, Norway. It will be located in the traditional district of Namdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality has not yet been decided. The municipality will be established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old municipalities of Vikna and Nærøy along with the part of Leka Municipality located on the island of Austra. The Lund area of the old Nærøy municipality will not be part of the new Nærøysund municipality, but instead it will join the newly enlarged Namsos Municipality on 1 January 2020.
