Romsdalsfjord

Coordinates: 62°39′08″N 7°15′41″E / 62.6523°N 7.2615°E / 62.6523; 7.2615
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Romsdalsfjord
View of the fjord near Molde
Romsdalsfjord is located in Møre og Romsdal
Romsdalsfjord
Romsdalsfjord
Location in Møre og Romsdal
LocationRomsdal, Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates62°39′08″N 7°15′41″E / 62.6523°N 7.2615°E / 62.6523; 7.2615
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length88 kilometres (55 mi)
SettlementsMolde, Åndalsnes

Romsdalsfjord or Romsdal Fjord

Rauma. The deepest point in the fjord is just southwest of the town of Molde, where it is 550 metres (1,800 ft) deep.[4] Romsdalsfjord is a threshold-fjord, as it is separated from the ocean by a 180-metre (590 ft) deep shallower areas at the mouth. Several islands and skerries also shelter the wide central fjord from the Atlantic.[5]

The western inlet of the

Molde Municipality
to the east.

The fjord branches off to the minor

Langfjorden, the longer arm of the fjord, with its branches Karlsøyfjorden, Rødvenfjorden, and the picturesque Eresfjorden, in the middle; and finally the southern arm past the town of Åndalsnes, terminating in Isfjorden
.

From Eastern Norway, the fjord can be reached through the Gudbrandsdalen at Lesja, down the Romsdal valley to Åndalsnes. This is also the terminus of the Rauma Line.

Veøya—the holy island—is located at a junction between the three main branches of the fjord. This island was the foremost medieval trading center between Trondheim and Bergen. The Medieval Church of St. Peter (Old Veøy Church), from the late 12th century, is now a museum, but still hosts occasional services.

Wolf Larsen, the main character in Jack London's novel 'The Sea-Wolf' claims that he was born in the vicinity of Romsdalsfjord.

Major inflows of freshwater include the

hanging valleys, for instance Sjølbotn at Innfjorden. Post-glacial rebound has lifted the land around Romsdalsfjord up to 100 m leaving previous subsea deposits of gravel and clay as wide terraces for instance in the valley mouths around Åndalsnes, Veblungsnes, Innfjorden and Isfjorden.[6]

Transport

The Romsdalsfjord was an important transport corridor before the highway that is now the European route E136 between Åndalsnes and Ålesund was completed in 1946. The town of Molde is connected to the south shore by large ferries to Vestnes dock, this is the fifth busiest ferry crossing in Norway, several vessels run shuttles across the 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) wide fjord. The car ferry Sølsnes-Åfarnes has operated since 1931. There are no bridges across the main fjord, except the shorter Bolsøy Bridge (to Bolsøy island) and the Tresfjord Bridge across the small Tresfjord branch. Fannefjord Tunnel connects Molde to Bolsøya island.[7] Until 1946 Åndalsnes and the Rauma Line terminus was connected to Molde and Ålesund by boat.[8]

The first cruise ships carrying tourists arrived at Veblungsnes in 1880. The tourism industry boomed when the Rauma Line began operations in 1924 and Trollstigen road opened in 1936.[6]

After the

German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, Romsdalsfjorden was initially not controlled by German forces. UK forces arrived along Romsdalsfjord and landed at Åndalsnes, then retreated along the fjord two weeks later during heavy fighting.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Merriam, Ray. 2017. Lockheed Hudson: World War 2 in Review Special. Hoosick Falls, NY: Merriam Press, p. 17.
  2. ^ Pearson, Robert. 2015. Gold Run: The Rescue of Norway's Gold Bullion from the Nazis, 1940. Oxford: Casemate, p. 234.
  3. ^ Insight Guides: Norway. 2015. London: APA Publications.
  4. Store norske leksikon. "Romsdalsfjorden"
    (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  5. ^ a b Braarud, Trygve (1931). Hydrographical and chemical investigations in the coastal waters off Møre and in the Romsdalsfjord. Oslo: I kommisjon hos Dybwad.
  6. ^ a b Ei bok om Rauma. Åndalsnes: Rauma kommune. 1990
  7. ^ Torvik, Arne Inge (2000): Om samferdsel i Møre og Romsdal. Del II: Samfunn og ferdsel. Published by MRF, Molde.
  8. ^ Romsdal og Molde: turistruter, naturforhold, næringsliv, historie og kulturminner. Oslo: Kjenn ditt land. 1925.
  9. ISBN 9788243005365
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