Hafrsfjord
Hafrsfjord or Hafrsfjorden is a fjord in the Stavanger Peninsula in Rogaland county, Norway. The 9-kilometre long fjord forms the border between the municipalities of Stavanger and Sola.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: fjord in Norway
- Also known as: “Haffjord”, “Hafs Fjord”, “Hafsfjorden”, and “Havsfjord”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sverd i fjell and Sørnes Church.
Sverd i fjell
Sverd i fjell is a commemorative monument located in the Hafrsfjord neighborhood of Madla, a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway.
Sørnes Church
Church
Sørnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sola Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørnes. It is the church for the Sørnes parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti in the Diocese of Stavanger.
Møllebukta
Beach
Photo: Mathieu Marquer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Møllebukta is a small bay with a sandy beach in the inner part of the Hafrsfjorden in the borough of Madla in the city of Stavanger in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madla and Tjensvoll.
Madla
Suburb
Madla is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It lies in the western part of the city, along the coast of the Hafrsfjorden.
Tjensvoll
Suburb
Tjensvoll is a neighborhood in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway.
Tananger
Suburb
Tananger is a large village and urban area in Sola municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The urban area is located on the west side of the Stavanger Peninsula between the North Sea and the Hafrsfjorden.
Hafrsfjord
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Stavanger, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.92397° or 58° 55′ 26″ northLongitude
5.6535° or 5° 39′ 13″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9FC7WMF3+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 11303940761OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Hafrsfjord” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hafrsfjorden”
- Chinese: “哈夫爾斯峽灣”
- Danish: “Hafrsfjord”
- Dutch: “Hafrsfjord”
- French: “Hafrsfjord”
- German: “Hafrsfjord”
- Italian: “Hafrsfjord”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hafrsfjord”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hafrsfjord”
- Norwegian: “Hafrsfjord”
- Russian: “Хафрс-фьорд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hafrsfjord”
- Swedish: “Hafrsfjord”
- Turkish: “Hafrsfjord”
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