The Snillfjorden is a fjord

Fjord

Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...

 that branches off the main Hemnfjorden

Hemnfjorden

The Hemnfjorden is a fjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord flows south from the Trondheimsleia and forms the boundary between the municipalities of Hemne and Snillfjord...

 in the municipality of Snillfjord

Snillfjord

Snillfjord is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Krokstadøra. Other villages in Snillfjord include Ytre Snillfjord, Hemnskjela, and Vutudal....

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long fjord starts at Krokstadøra

Krokstadøra

Krokstadøra is a village and administrative center of the municipality of Snillfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the eastern end of the Snillfjorden, about east of Ytre Snillfjord and about north of the lake Våvatnet. The Snillfjord Church is located in the village....

 and empties into the Hemnfjorden at Ytre Snillfjord

Ytre Snillfjord

Ytre Snillfjord is a village in the municipality of Snillfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Snillfjorden near where it joins the Hemnfjorden. It is located about west of the municipal center of Krokstadøra and about northeast of Kyrksæterøra in neighboring...

. There are small settlements along the north and south shores of the fjord, but they do not all have road connections. There is a road the follows the southern coastline for about half of the fjord, but the rest of the coastline is without roads.