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Kjelfossen

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Kjelfossen is one of the highest waterfalls in Norway. They are located near the village of Gudvangen in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county.

Key facts

Waterfall.name
Kjelfossen
Waterfall.image
Kjelfossen 1.jpg
Waterfall.caption
View of the waterfall
Waterfall.location
Vestland, Norway
Waterfall.number_drops
6
Waterfall.watercourse
Kjelfossgrovi
Waterfall.world_rank
18
Waterfall.type
Tiered plunges

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Kjelfossen is one of the highest waterfalls in Norway. They are located near the village of Gudvangen in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county.

The waterfall is only about wide and has a flow of only . There are six drops in the falls. The largest of the three main drops (the one on the left) is officially named Kjelfossen, but is also known as Stor Kjelfossen. The middle falls is known as Vetle Kjelfoss, and the one on the right (and the smallest by volume) is thought to be unnamed. The falls are located just east of Gudvangen at the end of the Nærøyfjord. The falls can be seen from the European route E16 highway, just west of the entrance into the Gudvanga Tunnel. The falls are located about west of the village of Flåm and west of the village of Aurlandsvangen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kjelfossen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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