The Sunnylvsfjord is a branch of the Storfjord

Storfjord (fjord)

The Storfjord is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region, stretching from Hareid in the west to Tafjord and Geiranger east in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The Storfjord system includes the famous Geirangerfjord and Tafjorden, at small village of Stranda it branches off into...

 in the municipality of Stranda

Stranda

Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda....

 in Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 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...

. The Geirangerfjord

Geirangerfjord

The Geiranger Fjord is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. It is in the municipality of Stranda. It is a long branch of the Storfjord...

 branches off to the west from the Sunnylvsfjord. The 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) long Sunnylvsfjord splits from the Norddalsfjorden

Norddalsfjorden

Norddalsfjorden is a branch of Storfjorden in Norddal and Stranda municipalities in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is long, when you include the Tafjorden that stretches further east, it is in total....

 just south of the village of Helsem

Helsem

Helsem is a small village in the municipality of Stranda in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located just a couple kilometres south of the municipal centre of Stranda, along the Storfjord, just north of where the Norddalsfjorden and Sunnylvsfjorden split off. The village has a...

. The village of Hellesylt

Hellesylt

Hellesylt is a small village in the municipality of Stranda in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village lies at the head of the Sunnylvsfjord, which is a branch of the Storfjord, and which the more famous Geirangerfjord in turn branches off nearby...

 sits at the end of the fjord. The historic Me-Åkernes

Me-Åkernes

Me-Åkernes or Midtre Åkernes is a deserted fjord farm along the Sunnylvsfjord in the municipality of Stranda in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located northeast of Hellesylt...

farm lies on a cliff on the north side of the fjord.