Trondheimfjord
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 Munkholmen island in the Trondheimfjord |
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| Waters | European Arctic Ocean | |
| Land mass | Scandinavian peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 34 ′ N , 10 ° 34 ′ E | |
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| length | 130 km | |
| Greatest water depth | 617 m | |
| Islands | Munkholmen | |
 Trondheimfjord with beacon |
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The Trondheimfjord ( norwegian : Trondheimsfjorden ) is the third longest fjord in Norway with a length of 130 kilometers .
It is located in western central Norway and extends with its various arms and foothills from Ørland in the west to Steinkjer in the northeast. The eponymous city of Trondheim is located on this fjord, which is 617 meters deep at its deepest point near Agdenes . The largest islands in the fjord are Ytterøy and Tautra .
The towns of Stjørdal , Levanger and Steinkjer are on the eastern and northern coast of the fjord. In Verdal , the Aker Verdal shipyard is building large production platforms for crude oil and natural gas . In Rissa , a shipyard builds cruise ships , such as the luxury apartment cruise ship The World .
nature
The marine life in the fjord is very rich. Over 90 species of fish alone have been observed. Habitats of hard corals of the species Lophelia pertusa have also been found.
Focke-Wulf Fw 200
On May 26, 1999, the wreck of the last still existing Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor was lifted in the Trondheimfjord by the German Museum of Technology in Berlin . It was brought down in a kind of "controlled crash" in the fjord on February 22, 1942 by flight captain Werner Thieme because of a defect in a landing flap that made a regular landing impossible. All six crew members were able to save themselves.
