Vestfjorden

Vestfjorden^[1]
Map of the fjord
Interactive map of the fjord
Location	Nordland county, Norway
Coordinates	68°03′N 14°46′E / 68.050°N 14.767°E / 68.050; 14.767
Type	Fjord
Basin countries	Norway

Max. length	155 kilometres (96 mi)
Max. width	80 kilometres (50 mi)

Vestfjorden^[1] (lit. 'the western fjord'; sometimes shortened to Vestfjord in English) is a 155-kilometre (96 mi) long fjord or oceanic sea in Nordland county, Norway.^[2]^[3]

The name literally means "the west fjord", although it is called a fjord, it could best be described as a firth or an open bight of sea. The "fjord" lies between the Lofoten archipelago and the Salten district of mainland Norway. The term fjord (from the old Norse fjördr meaning firth or inlet) is used in a more general way for bodies of water in the western Scandinavian languages than the more narrow usage commonly used in English.^[4]^[5]

The Vestfjorden flows from the area near the town of Narvik to the west and southwest. The mouth of the Vestfjorden is about 80 kilometres (50 mi) wide, roughly running from the mainland town of Bodø to the islands of Røstlandet and Værøya to the northwest of Bodø.^[2]

The Vestfjorden is famous for its cod fishery, which was exploited back to the early medieval period. More recently, the winter invasion of Orcas in the inner parts of Vestfjord has become a tourist attraction. Strong winds with heavy seas are not uncommon in winter.^[2]

Media gallery

Vågakallen mountain and the Lofoten wall, view towards west
Vestfjord seen from a mountain in Steigen Municipality, with the southern part of the Lofoten wall visible on the right
A calm summer day on Vestfjorden

References

^ ^a ^b "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2018-11-18). "Vestfjorden". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
^ Sømme, Axel, ed. (1960). The Geography of Norden. London: Heinemann.
^ Soëga, Geir T. (1910). A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic. Clarendon Press.
^ Barnes, Michael (1999). A New Introduction to Old Norse. London: University College. ISBN 9780903521451.

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