Laksefjord
Sign in to save(Norwegian; ), , or is a fjord located entirely in Lebesby Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. At long, it is the third-longest fjord in Finnmark county after the Porsangerfjorden and Varangerfjorden. The fjord is situated in a sparsely populated area, with only few and small settlements along the fjord, including Lebesby, Kunes, Ifjord, and Veidnes. The fjord is surrounded by the Sværholt Peninsula to the west and the Nordkinn Peninsula to the east, and it empties to the north into the Barents Sea. Norwegian County Road 888 follows the southern and eastern shoreline of the fjord.
Key facts
- Body of water.image
- Hopseidet Ifjord Nordinnhalvøya 2012-07-11-19-20-019.jpg
- Body of water.caption
- View of the fjord
- Body of water.location
- Finnmark county, Norway
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
- Body of water.mapframe zoom
- 7
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- Interactive map of the fjord
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Norway
- Body of water.type
- Fjord
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fjord
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Lebesby Municipality
- Image
- Hopseidet Ifjord Nordinnhalvøya 2012-07-11-19-20-019.jpg
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- Laksefjorden
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(Norwegian; ), , or is a fjord located entirely in Lebesby Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. At long, it is the third-longest fjord in Finnmark county after the Porsangerfjorden and Varangerfjorden. The fjord is situated in a sparsely populated area, with only few and small settlements along the fjord, including Lebesby, Kunes, Ifjord, and Veidnes. The fjord is surrounded by the Sværholt Peninsula to the west and the Nordkinn Peninsula to the east, and it empties to the north into the Barents Sea. Norwegian County Road 888 follows the southern and eastern shoreline of the fjord.
==See also== List of Norwegian fjords
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laksefjord” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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