Ofotfjord
The Ofotfjord is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, located about 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. The 78-kilometre long Ofotfjord is Norway's 12th longest fjord and it is also the 18th deepest, with a maximum depth of 553 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fjord
- Description: fjord in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “Ofotenfjord”, “Ofotfjorden”, and “Ufuohttá”
Ofotfjord
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Ofotfjord” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ofotfjord”
- Basque: “Ofotfjorden”
- Belarusian: “Офат-фіёрд”
- Cebuano: “Ofotfjorden”
- Chinese: “奥福特峡湾”
- Chinese: “奧福特峽灣”
- Czech: “Ofotfjord”
- Danish: “Ofotfjorden”
- Dutch: “Ofotfjord”
- Estonian: “Ofotfjord”
- Estonian: “Ofotfjorden”
- Finnish: “Narvik Fjord”
- Finnish: “Ofotfjord”
- Finnish: “Ofotvuono”
- French: “Ofotfjord”
- German: “Ofotfjord”
- German: “Ofotfjorden”
- Japanese: “オスト・フィヨルド”
- Japanese: “オフォトフィヨルド”
- Northern Sami: “Ufuohttá”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ofotfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ofotfjorden”
- Norwegian: “Ofotfjorden”
- Persian: “اوفوتفیورد”
- Russian: “Офотфьорд”
- Russian: “Уфут-фьорд”
- Spanish: “Ofotfjord”
- Swedish: “Lofotenfjorden”
- Swedish: “Ofotenfjorden”
- Swedish: “Ofotfjorden”
- Ukrainian: “Уфут-фіорд”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Håkviksholmen and Kvitfløyet.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ofotfjord”. Photo: Orcaborealis, Public domain.