Nærøyfjorden (The Nærøyfjord)

Norway / Sogn og Fjordane / Aurlandsvangen /
 water, fjord
The Nærøyfjord (Nærøyfjorden) is a fjord in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is about 19 kilometers long, and a branch of the large fjord Sognefjord. In the end of The Nærøyfjord you find the little place "Gudvangen".
At the fjord you also find the old farm "Styvi" and the vacated place "Dyrdal".
The occupied places along the fjord does not have any road connections. The only way is by boat or by the ice on the fjord in the winter.

Since 2005, the Nærøyfjord is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has also got rated by National Geographic, as the world' number one natural heritage site along with Geirangerfjord.

Photo by Terje Normann
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nærøyfjorden
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Coordinates:   60°56'22"N   6°56'46"E

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