Lysefjord
Lysefjord or Lysefjorden is a fjord located in the Ryfylke area in Rogaland county in southwestern Norway. The 42-kilometre long fjord lies in the municipalities of Strand and Sandnes, about 25 kilometres east of the city of Stavanger.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Pulpit Rock and Fossmark power station.
Pulpit Rock
Climbing site
Photo: Ritchyblack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Preikestolen or Prekestolen is a tourist attraction in the municipality of Strand in Rogaland county, Norway. Preikestolen is a steep cliff which rises 604 metres above Lysefjorden. Pulpit Rock is situated 3 km southwest of Lysefjord.
Fossmark power station
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fossmark power station is situated 2½ km south of Lysefjord.
Bakken
Farm
Photo: Roarjo, Public domain.
Bakken is a farm, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Lysefjord.
Lysefjord
- Type: Fjord
- Description: fjord in Rogaland, Norway
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Lysefjord” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لايسفجورد”
- Armenian: “Լյուսե ֆյորդ”
- Armenian: “Լյուսե-ֆյորդ”
- Basque: “Lysefjorden”
- Bavarian: “Lysefjord”
- Catalan: “Lysefjord”
- Cebuano: “Lysefjorden”
- Chinese: “呂瑟峽灣”
- Czech: “Lysefjord”
- Danish: “Lysefjord”
- Danish: “Lysefjorden i Forsand”
- Dutch: “Lysefjord”
- Esperanto: “Lyse-fjordo”
- French: “Lysefjord”
- German: “Lysefjord”
- German: “Lysefjorden”
- Italian: “Lysefjord”
- Japanese: “リーセフィヨルド”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lysefjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lysefjorden i Ryfylke”
- Norwegian: “Lysefjorden”
- Polish: “Lysefjord”
- Polish: “Lysefjorden”
- Portuguese: “Fiorde de Lyse”
- Russian: “Люсе-фьорд”
- Serbian: “Лисефјорд”
- Slovenian: “Lysefjord”
- Spanish: “fiordo de Lyse”
- Spanish: “Lysefjord”
- Swedish: “Lysefjorden, Rogaland”
- Swedish: “Lysefjorden”
- Turkish: “Lysefjord”
- Ukrainian: “Люсе-фіорд”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lauvvik and Hengjandevika.
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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 “Lysefjord”. Photo: Giuseppe Milo, CC BY 2.0.