| Hellfjorden | |
|---|---|
  Hellfjorden Location of the fjord  Hellfjorden Hellfjorden (Norway) | |
| Location | Nordland county, Norway |
| Coordinates | 68°40′42″N14°47′08″E / 68.6784°N 14.7856°E Coordinates: 68°40′42″N14°47′08″E / 68.6784°N 14.7856°E |
| Type | Fjord |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) |
Hellfjorden is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. [1] The 6.5-kilometre (4.0 mi) long fjord is an arm off of the main Eidsfjorden and the border between Sortland Municipality and Bø Municipality runs right down the middle of the fjord. The narrow fjord cuts into the large island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. The fjord lies in a very rugged, sparsely populated area.
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.
Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995.
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.
The bay has an inlet between the Oksneset headland, just east of the village of Guvåg on the west side of the fjord and the Hellfjordklubben peninsula on the east side of the fjord. There are many islands in the outer part of the fjord including Storøya, Ramnøya, Torskøya, and Slåttøya. Further into the fjord lie the islands of Reinøya and Teistøya. Vestpolløya is a small peninsula near the head of the fjord. There are no major settlements along the fjord and no road connections to the fjord, so it is only accessible by boat or by hiking. The now-abandoned farm named Hellfjorden is located on the east side of the bay in Sortland Municipality.
A headland is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape. Headlands are characterised by high, breaking waves, rocky shores, intense erosion, and steep sea cliffs.
Guvåg is a village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of Eidsfjord between the mouth of Jørnfjorden to the east and Hellfjorden to the west. Many skerries lie in the sea near Guvåg. Ørntuva Hill rises immediately north of Guvåg, with the Breitinden Plateau rising beyond that.
A peninsula is a landform surrounded by water on the majority of its border while being connected to a mainland from which it extends. The surrounding water is usually understood to be continuous, though not necessarily named as a single body of water. Peninsulas are not always named as such; one can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. A river which courses through a very tight meander is also sometimes said to form a "peninsula" within the loop of water. In English, the plural versions of peninsula are peninsulas and, less commonly, peninsulae.
