Tresfjorden
Encyclopedia
Tresfjorden is a fjord
in the municipality of Vestnes
in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway
. The 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long fjord branches off of the Romsdalsfjord
near the village of Vestnes, and it stretches south to the village of Tresfjord
.
The highways and are located along the shoreline of the fjord, but the highway is soon going to be re-routed over a new bridge being constructed across the fjord. The bridge is to open in 2013.
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 municipality of Vestnes
Vestnes
Vestnes is a village and a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, a 35 minute ferry ride from the town of Molde. Vestnes is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vestnes...
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 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long fjord branches off of the Romsdalsfjord
Romsdalsfjord
Romsdalsfjord is the ninth longest fjord in Norway. It is long and located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county. It flows through the municipalities of Midsund, Haram, Vestnes, Molde, Nesset, and Rauma...
near the village of Vestnes, and it stretches south to the village of Tresfjord
Tresfjord
Tresfjord is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed the southern part of the present-day municipality of Vestnes. The village of Tresfjord is located at the southern end of the Tresfjorden...
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The highways and are located along the shoreline of the fjord, but the highway is soon going to be re-routed over a new bridge being constructed across the fjord. The bridge is to open in 2013.