Stavfjord Explained

Stavfjord
Other Name:Stavfjorden
Location:Sunnfjord, Vestland
Pushpin Map:Norway Vestland
Basin Countries:Norway
Coords:61.4604°N 5.0135°W
Inflow:Norwegian Sea
Outflow:Førdefjorden
Islands:Askrova and Svanøy
Cities:Grimeli

Stavfjord (Norwegian: Stavfjorden) is a fjord situated in Vestland county, Norway about North of Bergen. It is also part of a series of fjords that are located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The fjord begins in the Norwegian Sea and passes Eastward inland through the municipalities of Sunnfjord, Askvoll, and Flora for before meeting up with the Førdefjorden at Flokeneset.

History

On the South side of Stavfjord, on the Norwegian mainland, lies the small settlement of Grimeli, where copper mines were located between the 18th century and 1915. The mined copper was sent to Førde to be melted there. The fjord's banks and bedrock consist of Cambro-Silurian sediments in which copper can be found in greenschist from the Ordovician period, which itself belongs to the Sunnfjord-Stavfjord ophiolite complex.[1]

Settlements

In or along the shores of Stavfjord, lie a number of inhabited settlements alongside a number of small islands, islets and skerries, including:[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stavfjorden . snl.no . 8 June 2020 . 1 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Askvoll . grind.no . 8 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Svanøya, Florø . trek.zone . 8 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Lighthouses of Norway: Sunnfjord (Florø Area) . ibiblio.org . 4 May 2022 . 8 December 2022.