Vindafjorden Explained

Vindafjorden
Pushpin Map:Rogaland#Norway
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the fjord
Location:Rogaland county, Norway
Coords:59.4612°N 6.0247°W
Outflow:Boknafjorden
Basin Countries:Norway

Vindafjorden (English: Vinde Fjord[1] or Vinda Fjord[2] [3]) is a fjord in Rogaland county, Norway. The 30km (20miles) long fjord is a northern branch off of the main Boknafjorden. The fjord marks the municipal boundaries between Vindafjord, Suldal, and Tysvær. The fjord initially runs from the very narrow Ropeid isthmus to the west and near the village of Vikadal, the fjord heads to the south before emptying into the Boknafjorden near the village of Nedstrand. There are two smaller fjords which branch off of the Vindafjorden. They are the Sandeidfjorden (to the north) and the Yrkjefjorden (to the west). The deepest part of the fjord reaches about below sea level, just off the shore from Imsland Church.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Sailing Directions for the Southwest and South Coasts of Norway: Lindesnes to Bergen, Lindesnes to Oslo Fjord, and the Coast of Sweden to the Kattegat . U.S. Government Printing Office . 1932 . Washington, DC . 99.
  2. Web site: 2013 . Environmental Report . Norwegian Seafood Federation . Oslo . 70 . PDF.
  3. Book: Engevik, Asbjørn . Bucket-Shaped Pots: Style, Chronology and Regional Diversity in Norway in the Late Roman and Migration Periods . Archaeopress . 2008 . Oxford . 227.
  4. Encyclopedia: Vindafjorden . . Norsk nettleksikon . 13 May 2013 . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norwegian.
  5. Book: NAF Veibok 2010-2012 . Norges Automobil-Forbund . 2010 . Evensen, Knut Harald . 29th . Oslo . 24 - 25 . Norwegian.