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The Eid Fjord [1] [2] [3] (Norwegian: Eidfjorden) is the innermost part of the Hardanger Fjord [4] in Norway. It extends 29 kilometers (18 mi) eastwards from the Utne Fjord and Sørfjorden . [ 4 ] The Eid Fjord lies in the municipalities of Ullensvang , Ulvik , and Eidfjord in Vestland county.
Eidfjord is situated at the end of the Eid Fjord, an inner branch of the large Hardangerfjorden. The village of Eidfjord is a major cruise ship port of call . Eidfjord has several tourist sites, like the Sima Power Plant which is built into the mountain itself, the Måbødalen valley, and the Vøringsfossen waterfall which has a free fall of ...
Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eid Fjord.It consists of the municipalities of Ullensvang, Eidfjord, Ulvik and Kvam, and is located inside the county of Vestland.
Eidfjord is the administrative centre of Eidfjord municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the Eid Fjord , an inner branch of the large Hardangerfjorden . The village sits about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the Hardanger Bridge along the Norwegian National Road 7 .
During the Viking Age, Nordfjordeid was referred to as Eygis or Eid, meaning the inner most part of a fjord.Nordfjord directly translated means 'North Fjord'. The kingdom of Firda was known as the kingdom of the fjords, and was divided into Sunnfjord and Nordfjord, meaning South Fjord and North Fjord.
Eid is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.It was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord.The village of Nordfjordeid was the administrative center of the municipality.
Eidfjord village sits on the eid or isthmus between Eidfjordvatnet lake and Eidfjorden branch of Hardangerfjord. [48] Nordfjordeid is the isthmus with a village between Hornindalsvatnet lake and Nordfjord. [49] [50] Such lakes are also denoted fjord valley lakes by geologists. [51]
Eidsfjorden may refer to many different fjords in Norway: . Eidsfjorden (Askvoll), a fjord in Askvoll municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county Eidsfjorden (Gulen), a fjord in Gulen (municipality) municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county