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The Trollfjord or Trollfjorden is a fjord in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) long fjord cuts into the island of Austvågøya and flows out into the Raftsundet strait. The fjord has a narrow entrance and steep-sided mountains surrounding it. The name is derived from troll, a figure from Norse mythology.
Fjords and straits also act as cultural boundaries, for example linguistically (as isoglosses) and as identity markers. For example, the Skopunarfjørður serves as the cultural delineation of norðanfjørðs ("north of the strait", Northern Faroe) and sunnanfjørðs ("south of the strait", Southern Faroe).
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]
Designated bear viewing is available at Anan Creek near Wrangell and at Pack Creek Bear Sanctuary on Admiralty Island near Juneau. The most popular way to explore the Inside Passage during summer is by cruise ship. Over 2 million people take cruises each year in this region, impacting the local economy significantly.
Magdalenefjorden is an 8 km long and up to 5 km wide fjord between Reuschhalvøya and Hoelhalvøya, Albert I Land, on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago. It is large enough to accommodate even the largest of cruise ships which are even able to turn through 180 degrees in the fjord.
The deepest point in the fjord is 679 metres (2,228 ft) near the village of Dyrkorn in the municipality of Stordal. The landscape around Storfjorden is typical for Western Norway . The mouth of the fjord is surrounded by islands with mountains reaching 500 to 800 metres (1,600 to 2,600 ft) above sea level.
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