Bøkfjorden
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or is a fjord in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The long fjord is a southern branch off of the main Varangerfjord. The river Pasvikelva empties into the Bøkfjorden at the village of Elvenes (which lies only about from the Norway–Russia border. At this place the Bøkfjord Bridge is located, which crosses the river/fjord where they meet.
Key facts
- Body of water.other_name
- Elvenesfjorden (historic Norwegian name) (historic Sami name)
- Body of water.image
- Elvenes bru, Norway.JPG
- Body of water.caption
- The Pasvikelva river emptying into the Bøkfjorden
- Body of water.location
- Finnmark county, Norway
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
- Body of water.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Body of water.caption_map
- Location of the fjord
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Norway
- Body of water.type
- Fjord
- Body of water.outflow
- Varangerfjorden
- Body of water.rivers
- Pasvikelva
- Body of water.cities
- Kirkenes
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or is a fjord in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The long fjord is a southern branch off of the main Varangerfjord. The river Pasvikelva empties into the Bøkfjorden at the village of Elvenes (which lies only about from the Norway–Russia border. At this place the Bøkfjord Bridge is located, which crosses the river/fjord where they meet.
The town of Kirkenes lies on the shore of the fjord. The large island of Skogerøya lies on the western side of the fjord. The Bøkfjord Lighthouse is located in the mouth of the Bøkfjorden.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bøkfjorden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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