Sognefjord

Sognefjorden
Sognefjord
View of the fjord
Sognefjorden is located in Vestland
Sognefjorden
Sognefjorden
LocationVestland county, Norway
Coordinates61°06′N 5°10′E / 61.100°N 5.167°E / 61.100; 5.167
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length205 km (127 mi)
Max. width4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Max. depth1,308 m (4,291 ft)

The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsɔ̂ŋnəˌfjuːɳ], English: Sogn Fjord[1][2][3]), nicknamed the King of the Fjords (Norwegian: Fjordenes konge), is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway.[4] Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches 205 kilometres (127 mi) inland from the ocean to the small village of Skjolden in the municipality of Luster.[4]

The fjord gives its name to the surrounding district of Sogn.[5] The name is related to Norwegian word súg- "to suck", presumably from the surge or suction of the tidal currents at the mouth of the fjord.[6]

  1. ^ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2003. p. 813.
  2. ^ Fodor's Norway. London: Fodor's. 2004. p. 137. ISBN 9781400013227.
  3. ^ Rafferty, John P. (2012). Landforms. New York: Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 210.
  4. ^ a b Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. p. 351. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
  5. ^ Helland, Amund (1901). "Almindelig del. I serien Norges land og folk topografisk-statistisk beskrevet". Nordre Bergenhus Amt (in Norwegian). Kristiania: Aschehoug. Sognefjordens egentlige navn er Sogn, medens Sogn nu alene bruges om det omgivende landskab, og brugtes saaledes allerede i middelalderen. Navnet er som landskapsnavn hankjønsord og har udentvil været det ogsaa som fjordnavn.
  6. ^ Bergum, Leiv (1998). Sognefjorden. Leikanger: Skald. ISBN 8279590005.