Lyngenfjord (Troms)
Lyngenfjord Ivgovuotna |
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The Lyngenfjord |
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Waters | European Arctic Ocean | |
Land mass | Scandinavian peninsula | |
Geographical location | 69 ° 52 ' N , 20 ° 26' E | |
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length | 121 km | |
Northern lights at the Lyngenfjord |
The Lyngenfjord (also Lyngen or Lyngsfjord , Northern Sami : Ivgovuotna ) is a 121 km long Norwegian fjord in the Fylke Troms og Finnmark . The fjord is in the area of the municipalities of Lyngen , Skjervøy , Nordreisa , Kåfjord and Storfjord .
The fjord runs from Sørklubben in the north to Melen at the south end. Lyngen municipality was named after the adjacent fjord. The fjord is 121 km long from Fugløy to Storfjorden and 90 km wide when measured from Lyngstuva .
The Lyngenfjord is the second longest fjord in Northern Norway after the Porsangerfjord and the fifth longest in Norway.
Side and partial fjords
Web links
Commons : Lyngenfjord - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Visit Lyngenfjord
- Lyngen - Fjord in Troms on snl.no in the store Norske Leksikon (Norwegian)