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Tysfjorden

Coordinates: 68°11′06″N 16°10′42″E / 68.1851°N 16.1784°E / 68.1851; 16.1784
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Tysfjorden (Norwegian)
Divtasvuodna (Lule Sami)
View of the Tysfjorden from Musken
Tysfjorden is located in Nordland
Tysfjorden
Tysfjorden
Location of the fjord
Tysfjorden is located in Norway
Tysfjorden
Tysfjorden
Tysfjorden (Norway)
LocationNordland county, Norway
Coordinates68°11′06″N 16°10′42″E / 68.1851°N 16.1784°E / 68.1851; 16.1784
TypeFjord
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length62 kilometres (39 mi)
Max. depth897 metres (2,943 ft)
IslandsHulløya
SettlementsBognes, Drag, Kjøpsvik, Musken, Storå, and Rørvika

Tysfjorden (Norwegian) or Divtasvuodna (Lule Sami) or Tys Fjord (English)[1][2][3] is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. The fjord is the border between Narvik Municipality and Hamarøy Municipality. The island of Hulløya is located about halfway through the fjord, right before the fjord splits in to several smaller branches. The Tysfjorden is the deepest fjord in Northern Norway reaching to 897 metres (2,943 ft) below sea level near Hulløya.

The 62-kilometre (39 mi) long fjord stretches southwards from the Ofotfjorden near the village of Korsnes all the way to the village of Hellmobotn, a point that is only about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the border with Sweden. There is no bridge or tunnel crossing the fjord and there are no roads going around it either, so the ferry is the only way to travel past the fjord without going through Sweden. There are regular ferry crossings over the fjord go between Bognes and Skarberget (E6), and between Drag and Kjøpsvik (road 827).[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Emanuelsson, Urban. 2009. The Rural Landscapes of Europe: How Man Has Shaped European Nature. Stockholm: Swedish Research Council Formas, p. 247.
  2. ^ Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary. 1997. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, p. 1212.
  3. ^ Storrusten, Erling. 1998. Hurtigruten: The World's Most Beautiful Sea Voyage. Narvik: Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab, p. 69.
  4. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Tysfjorden" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-05-11.
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