Jøsenfjorden
Sign in to saveJøsenfjorden is a fjord in Hjelmeland Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The fjord is a branch off of the main Boknafjorden. The fjord has a length of and a width between . The Norwegian National Road 13 runs along the northern shore of the fjord.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Jøsenfjorden is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to Norway, geographic coordinate system and digital object identifier.
The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Fjords of Rogaland and Hjelmeland Municipality.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fjord
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Hjelmeland Municipality
- Image
- Jøsenfjorden.JPG
- Length
- 24
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- vertical depth
- 648
- basin country
- Norway
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Encyclopedic overview
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Jøsenfjorden is a fjord in Hjelmeland Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The fjord is a branch off of the main Boknafjorden. The fjord has a length of and a width between . The Norwegian National Road 13 runs along the northern shore of the fjord.
The innermost part of the fjord is where the river Førreåa empties into the fjord at small Førrebotn farm. The river Ulla empties into the fjord along the northern shoreline at the village of Jøsenfjorden and the river Vorma empties into the fjord along the southern shoreline of the fjord at the small farming village of Tøtlandsvik. The municipal centre of Hjelmelandsvågen lies at the southern side of the mouth of the fjord. Both sides of the fjord are steep and they rise almost vertically to heights of over above sea level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jøsenfjorden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations