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This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries so they are not necessarily directly comparable. Different languages use ...
Fjords of the Republic of Ireland (3 P) Fjords of Italy (1 P) N. Fjords of Norway (3 C, 1 P) R. Fjords of Russia (1 C, 12 P) S. Fjords of Sweden (6 P) U.
Sognefjord in Norway, the longest fjord in Norway, [27] is a popular tourist attraction Eyjafjörður in north Iceland, Akureyri can be seen to the far right Killary Harbour, western Ireland New Zealand's Milford Sound Glacier in a fjord at Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska Tysfjorden in Norway north of the Arctic Circle is located in the ...
The Hudson River fjord in New York is recognized as the only true Fjord in the eastern coast of the United States [1] [2] Somes Sound , a fjard located within Acadia National Park , is often mistaken for being another fjord located along the eastern coast of the United States .
Killary has for centuries been known as a fjord [4] [5] [2] - "the only fjord in Ireland" [6] or sometimes "one of 2–4 fjord-type inlets" on the island. [7] There has been argument in at least one peer-reviewed paper that it is in fact one of three glacial fjards (shallower than true fjords) in Ireland, the others being Lough Swilly and Carlingford Lough. [8]
Norway has 20,000 lakes larger than 0.1 km² (100,000 m²) and using that as the measuring limit, Norway place seventh on Countries with most lakes in the world. [1] However, there are at least 450,000 freshwater lakes in Norway .
The Scandinavian coastal conifer forest is a terrestrial ecoregion as defined by WWF [1] and National Geographic. [2] The broad definition is based on climatic parameters and includes a long area along the western Norwegian coast from Lindesnes Municipality and north to approximately Senja Municipality (further north summers are too cool for pine in coastal areas); in essence areas along the ...
The Geiranger Fjord [1] [2] [3] (Norwegian: Geirangerfjorden) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in the Stranda Municipality . It is a 15-kilometre-long ( 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) branch off the Sunnylvsfjorden , which is a branch off the Storfjorden (Great Fjord).