Sørfjorden
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Sørfjorden or Sørfjord is the name of several fjord
s on the coast of Norway
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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...
s on the coast of 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...
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Finnmark county
- Sørfjorden (Gamvik), arm of the Mehamnfjorden in Gamvik
- Sørfjorden (Hasvik), fjord on Stjernøya island in Hasvik
- Sørfjorden (Lebesby), arm of the Mårøfjorden in Lebesby
- Sørfjorden (Loppa), arm of the Nuvsfjorden in Loppa
Hordaland county
- Sørfjorden (Hardanger), fjord in Hardanger
- Sørfjorden (Osterøy), fjord in Osterøy
Nordland county
- Sørfjorden (Bindal), arm of the Bindalsfjorden in Bindal
- Sørfjorden (Bodø), arm of the Mistfjorden in Bodø
- Sørfjorden (Brønnøy), arm of the Velfjorden in Brønnøy
- Sørfjorden (Gildeskål), arm of the Fugløyfjorden in Gildeskål
- Sørfjorden (Hemnes), arm of the Ranfjorden in Hemnes
- Sørfjorden (Rana), arm of the Sjona in Rana
- Sørfjorden (Rødøy), arm of the Melfjorden in Rødøy
- Sørfjorden (Sørfold), arm of the Leirfjorden in Sørfold
- Sørfjorden (Tysfjord), arm of the inner Tysfjorden in Tysfjord
- Sørfjorden (Vefsn), arm of the Halsfjorden in Vefsn
Nord-Trøndelag county
- Sørfjorden (Flatanger), arm of the Svaet in Flatanger
- Sørfjorden (Nærøy), arm of the Fjærangen of Folda in Nærøy
Troms county
- Sørfjorden (Kvænangen), arm of the Badderfjorden in Kvænangen
- Sørfjorden (Sortland), arm of the Hognfjorden in Sortland
- Sørfjorden (Tromsø), arm of the Kattfjorden in Tromsø