The Bjugnfjorden 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 Bjugn

Bjugn

Bjugn is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The village of Botngård is the administrative centre of Bjugn municipality...

 and Ørland

Ørland

Ørland is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brekstad. Other villages include Uthaug, Opphaug, and Ottersbo...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, 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...

. It lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of the Stjørnfjord

Stjørnfjord

The Stjørnfjord or Stjørnfjorden is an arm of Trondheimsfjord that flows through the municipalities of Bjugn, Ørland, and Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord stretches southwest from the mouth of the Nordelva river near the village of Råkvåg to the Trondheimsfjord near Brekstad...

en. The 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long fjord runs from the village of Botngård

Botngård

Botngård is a village which is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Bjugn in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Bjugnfjorden. It is north of Høybakken, east of Nes, and south of Oksvoll....

 west past the Kjeungskjær lighthouse

Kjeungskjær lighthouse

The Kjeungskær lighthouse is a lighthouse in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on a tiny island at the mouth of the Bjugnfjorden about west of the village of Uthaug and south of the village of Nes in Bjugn....

 into the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

. Other villages along the fjord include Nes

Nes, Sør-Trøndelag

Nes is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is also a village in the present-day municipality of Bjugn. Nes is located about east of the Tarva islands and about west of Botngård...

 (in Bjugn) and Uthaug

Uthaug

Uthaug is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the south shore of the Bjugnfjorden about west of the village of Opphaug, about north of the town of Brekstad, and about east of the Kjeungskjær lighthouse. Ørland Airport lies just south of the...

 (in Ørland). Bjugn church

Bjugn Church

Bjugn Church is a church in the municipality of Bjugn in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located along the Bjugnfjorden about west of Botngård.The cruciform church was built in 1956 after the previous building burned in a a fire in 1952...

is located on the southern shore of the fjord.