Lysefjord

Lysefjord or Lysefjorden is a fjord located in the area in county in southwestern . The 42-kilometre long fjord lies in the municipalities of and , about 25 kilometres east of the city of Stavanger.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pulpit Rock and Fossmark power station.

Climbing site
Preikestolen or Prekestolen is a tourist attraction in the municipality of in county, . Preikestolen is a steep cliff which rises 604 metres above Lysefjorden. is situated 3 km southwest of Lysefjord.

Power station
is situated 2½ km south of Lysefjord.

Farm
Photo: Roarjo, Public domain.
is a farm, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Lysefjord.

Lysefjord

Latitude
59° north
Longitude
6.23333° or 6° 14′ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
9FF8262M+28
Geo­Names ID
3146620
Wiki­data ID
Q549376
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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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