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HARDANGER FJORD

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HARDANGER See also:

FJORD , an inlet on the See also:west See also:coast of See also:Norway, penetrating the mainland for 70 M. apart from the deep fringe of islands off its mouth, the See also:total distance from the open See also:sea to the See also:head of the fjord being 114 M. Its extreme See also:depth is about 350 fathoms. The entrance at See also:Toro is 50 M. by See also:water See also:south of See also:Bergen, 6o° N., and the See also:general direction is N.E. from that point. The fjord is flanked by magnificent mountains, from which many waterfalls pour into it. The See also:main fjord is divided into parts under different names, and there are many See also:fine See also:branch fjords. The fjord is frequented by tourists, and the See also:principal stations have hotels. The See also:outer fjord is called the Kvindherredsfjord, flanked by the Melderskin (468o ft.); then follow Sildefjord and See also:Bonde Sund, separated by Varalds See also:island. Here Mauranger-fjord opens on the See also:east; from Sundal on this inlet the See also:great Folgefond snowfield may be crossed, and a fine See also:glacier (Bondhusbrae) visited. Bakke and Vikingnaes are stations on Hisfjord, Nordheimsund and bstenso on Ytre Samlen, which throws off a fine narrow branch northward, the Fiksensund. There follow See also:Indre Samlen and Utnefjord, with the station of Utne opposite Oxen (4120 ft.), and its northward branch, Gravenfjord, with the beautiful station of Eide at its head, whence a road runs See also:north-west to See also:Vossevangen. From the Utne terminal branches of the fjord run south and east; the Sorfjord, steeply walled by the heights of the Folgefond, with the frequented resort of See also:Odde at its head; and the Eidfjord, with its branch Osefjord, terminating beneath a tremendous rampart of mountains, through which the sombre Simodal penetrates, the See also:river flowing from Daemmevand, a beautiful See also:lake among the See also:fields, and forming with its tributaries the fine falls of Skykje and Rembesdal. Vik is the principal station on Eidfjord, and Ulvik on a branch of the Ose, with a road to Vossevangen.

At Vik is the mouth of the Bjoreia river, which, in forming the Voringfos, plunges 520 ft. into a magnificent See also:

rock-See also:bound See also:basin. A small stream entering Sorfjord forms in its upper course the Skjaeggedalsfos, of equal height with the Voringfos, and hardly less beautiful. The natives of Hardanger have an especially picturesque See also:local See also:costume.

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