The Oslofjord is an inlet in southeastern Norway. The 120-kilometre fjord begins at the small village of Bonn in Frogn Municipality and stretches northwards to the city of Oslo, and then curves to the
Summer houses in the Oslofjord
False-colour image of middle parts of Oslofjorden. North is to the left
Oslofjord seen from Holmenkollen.
In physical geography, a fjord is a long, relatively narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs in a valley created by a former glacier, which has since become inundated with water. They are the glac
Oslofjord
…part of the Skagerrak strait. The Skagerrak connects the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea. The Oslofjord is not a fjord in the geological sense, but in the Norwegian language, the term fjord can refer to a wide range of waterways including inlets such as this one. The…
A glacier in eastern Greenland flowing through a fjord carved by the movement of ice
Fjords often continue as U-shaped valleys above sea level and freshwater fjord lakes: Sørfjorden (Hardanger) can be seen here transitioning into Sandvinvatnet and the Odda Valley. Odda sits on the isthmus, Folgefonna on the right.
Muldalsfossen waterfall drops several hundred meters from the Muldalen hanging valley to Tafjorden.