The Tingvollfjorden 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...

 in the municipalities of Tingvoll

Tingvoll

Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvoll. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, and Torjulvågen.-General information:...

, Gjemnes

Gjemnes

Gjemnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is Batnfjordsøra, which lies along the Batnfjorden and is a former steamship landing place...

, Nesset

Nesset

Nesset is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal Peninsula. The administrative centre is the village of Eidsvåg. Other population centers include Rausand, Boggestranda, Myklebostad, Eresfjord, and Eikesdalen....

, and Sunndal

Sunndal

is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Jordalsgrenda, Øksendalsøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Ålvund, and Gjøra.With an area of it is the...

. The inner part of the fjord (inside the municipality of Sunndal) is called the Sunndalsfjord

Sunndalsfjord

Sunndalsfjord is a fjord in the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long Sunndalsfjord comprises the southern end of the Tingvollfjorden. It begins at Ballsneset, at the municipal boundary of Sunndal and extends south to the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages along...

. The fjord begins at the island of Bergsøya

Bergsøya

Bergsøya is an island in the municipality of Gjemnes in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located near the junctions of the Freifjorden, Kvernesfjord, and Tingvollfjorden. The highest point on the island is the tall mountain Varden....

 and stretches about 54 kilometres (33.6 mi) to the village of Sunndalsøra

Sunndalsøra

is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the mouth of the river Driva at the beginning of the Sunndalsfjord. It is about west of Hoelsand, southeast of Øksendalsøra, and about west of Grøa. The village has a...

. The river Driva

Driva

The Driva river runs through Sør-Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal counties in Norway. The headwaters lie in the Dovrefjell mountains in the south, from where it flows northward, downward through the valley Drivdalen in the municipality of Oppdal. In Oppdal it turns westward down the Sunndalen valley...

 flows into the fjord at its start. The deepest part of the fjord is just southwest of the village of Tingvoll

Tingvoll

Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvoll. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, and Torjulvågen.-General information:...

 where the fjord reaches a depth of 113 metres (370.7 ft) below sea level.

Villages along the fjord include Torvikbukt

Torvikbukt

Torvikbukt is a village in the municipality of Gjemnes in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the junction of the Batnfjorden and Tingvollfjorden and just northwest of the tall mountain Reinsfjellet. The village of Øre lies about to the southwest and Heggem lies about to...

, Flemma

Flemma

Flemma is a village in the municipality of Gjemnes in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village lies along the Tingvollfjorden, about north of the village of Angvik. The mountain Reinsfjellet lies about to the west....

, Angvika, Tingvoll

Tingvoll

Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvoll. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, and Torjulvågen.-General information:...

, Rausand

Rausand

Raudsand or Rausand is a village in the municipality of Nesset in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the Romsdal peninsula along the Tingvollfjorden about northeast of Eidsvåg and south of Angvika in Gjemnes. The village has a population of 265....

, Jordalsgrenda

Jordalsgrenda

Jordalsgrenda is a small village in the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, with approximately 60 inhabitants. The place is located along the Sunndalsfjord on the highway between Sunndalsøra and Molde, and it is about northwest of Øksendalsøra.-Etymology:The name is derived...

, Øksendalsøra, and Sunndalsøra

Sunndalsøra

is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the mouth of the river Driva at the beginning of the Sunndalsfjord. It is about west of Hoelsand, southeast of Øksendalsøra, and about west of Grøa. The village has a...

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