Limfjord
The Limfjord is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it has been regarded as an inlet ever since Viking times. However, it now has entries both from the North Sea and Kattegat, and hence separates the North Jutlandic Island from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Marine channel
- Description: sound in Denmark
- Also known as: “Lim Fiord” and “Limfjorden”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ranum and Løgstør.
Ranum
Village
Photo: Ranumefterskole, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ranum is a town in the former municipality of Løgstør and Vesthimmerland Municipality in Denmark. It is the fifth largest town in Vesthimmerland Municipality and is situated approximately 3 km from the inlet Limfjorden and 1 hour from the two major cities Aalborg and Viborg. Ranum is situated 4½ km southeast of Limfjord.
Løgstør
Village
Photo: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Løgstør is a town in Denmark with a population of 3,969 It is located 47 km west of Aalborg and 64 km north of Viborg. Løgstør's city centre consists of old streets with small houses built in the 19th century for fishermen and sailors. Løgstør is situated 8 km northeast of Limfjord.
Overlade
Village
Overlade is a village in western Himmerland, Denmark, with a population of 396, located 12 km north from Farsø, 16 km south of Løgstør, 3 kilometers from the Limfjord and seven kilometers south of Ranum. Overlade is situated 9 km southeast of Limfjord.
Limfjord
- Categories: sound and body of water
- Location: Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Limfjord” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Limford boğazı”
- Azerbaijani: “Limfyord boğazı”
- Basque: “Limfjord”
- Belarusian: “Лім-фіёрд”
- Bulgarian: “Лимфиорд”
- Catalan: “Limfjord”
- Cebuano: “Limfjorden”
- Chinese: “利姆水道”
- Chinese: “利姆海峽”
- Czech: “Limfjord”
- Danish: “Limfjorden”
- Dutch: “Limfjord”
- Esperanto: “Limfjorden”
- Estonian: “Limfjorden”
- Faroese: “Limfjørðurin”
- Finnish: “Limvuono”
- French: “Limfjord”
- German: “Limfjord”
- Greek: “Λίμφιορδ”
- Hebrew: “לימפיורד”
- Hungarian: “Limfjord”
- Icelandic: “Limafjörður”
- Italian: “Limfjord”
- Italian: “Limfjorden”
- Japanese: “リムフィヨルド”
- Korean: “림 협만”
- Latin: “Lynicus”
- Lithuanian: “Limfjordas”
- Northern Frisian: “Limfjord”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Limfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Limfjorden”
- Norwegian: “Limfjorden”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Limfjord”
- Persian: “لیمفیورد”
- Polish: “Limfjord”
- Polish: “Limfjorden”
- Portuguese: “Fiorde de Lim”
- Portuguese: “Limfjorden”
- Russian: “Лим-фьорд”
- Spanish: “Lim”
- Spanish: “Limfjord”
- Swedish: “Limfjorden”
- Turkish: “Limfjord”
- Ukrainian: “Лім-ферде”
- Ukrainian: “Лім-фіорд”
- Uzbek: “Lim-ford boʻgʻozi”
- Vietnamese: “Limfjorden”
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