Rombaken
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or (or unofficially: Rombaksfjord) is a fjord that branches off of the main Ofotfjorden in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The fjord is about long and is surrounded by steep mountains, and the town of Narvik lies on the south shore of the mouth of the fjord. The European route E06 and European route E10 highways run along the northern shores of the fjord. The fjord has two bridge crossings: the Hålogaland Bridge, completed in 2018, crosses at the mouth of the Rombaken fjord and the Rombak Bridge, which crosses at a narrow point about mid-way down the fjord.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Rombaken is referenced by 36 other articles, and connects out to Battles of Narvik, Norway and World War II.
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It is catalogued under topics including Fjords of Nordland and Narvik Municipality.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Body of water.image
- Rombaken-Narvik-Beisfjorden.jpg
- Body of water.caption
- Overview of Rombaken and Narvik to the right/south
- Body of water.location
- Nordland county, Norway
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
- Body of water.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Body of water.mapframe caption
- Interactive map of the fjord
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Norway
- Body of water.type
- Fjord
- Body of water.cities
- Narvik
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fjord
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Narvik Municipality
- Body of water
- Ofotfjorden
- Image
- Rombak Bridge.jpg
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- Rombaken
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- World War II
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or (or unofficially: Rombaksfjord) is a fjord that branches off of the main Ofotfjorden in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The fjord is about long and is surrounded by steep mountains, and the town of Narvik lies on the south shore of the mouth of the fjord. The European route E06 and European route E10 highways run along the northern shores of the fjord. The fjord has two bridge crossings: the Hålogaland Bridge, completed in 2018, crosses at the mouth of the Rombaken fjord and the Rombak Bridge, which crosses at a narrow point about mid-way down the fjord.
==History== Along the inner part of the fjord, there used to be a city——with 700 inhabitants. It had its time of greatness during the construction of the Ofotbanen between 1898 and 1903.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rombaken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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