Ringkøbing Fjord
Ringkøbing Fjord, despite its name, is in fact a shallow lagoon on the west coast of Jutland. Skjern River terminates in Ringkøbing Fjord with a large river delta system to the east, and the lagoon is shielded from the North Sea by a long isthmus named Holmsland Dunes to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lagoon
- Description: Danish fresh water fjord
- Also known as: “Ringkjobing Fiord” and “Ringkobing Fjord”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Velling and Hvide Sande.
Velling
Village
Velling Kirkeby is a small village in West Denmark on the peninsula of Jutland with a population of only 251. It is positioned next to the Ringkøbing Fjord which, with its shallow waters combined with the stable west wind, is popular with wind and kitesurfers. Velling is situated 7 km northeast of Ringkøbing Fjord.
Hvide Sande
Village
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Hvide Sande is a small town in the middle of the Holmsland Dunes and placed around the artificial canal which connects Ringkøbing Fjord to the North Sea, in the western part of Central Denmark Region, formerly Ringkjøbing County, Denmark. Hvide Sande is situated 8 km west of Ringkøbing Fjord.
Stauning
Village
Stauning is a village with a population of 334. It is situated in Western Jutland, Denmark, at the easthern shore of Ringkøbing Fjord, 8 km west of the town of Skjern. Stauning is situated 9 km southeast of Ringkøbing Fjord.
Ringkøbing Fjord
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, Central Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Ringkøbing Fjord” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
- Cebuano: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
- Danish: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
- Dutch: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
- Dutch: “Ringkøbingfjord”
- French: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
- German: “Ringköbing Fjord”
- German: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
- German: “Ringkobingfjord”
- German: “Ringköbingfjord”
- German: “Ringkøbingfjord”
- Japanese: “リンケビング・フィヨルド”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ringkøbingfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
- Norwegian: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
- Polish: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
- Spanish: “Fiordo de Ringkobing”
- Spanish: “Fiordo de Ringkøbing”
- Swedish: “Ringkøbing Fjord”
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