Gloppefjorden
Gloppefjorden is a fjord in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 12-kilometre long fjord flows from the village of Sandane in the southeast to its mouth at the Nordfjorden in the northwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Fjord
- Description: fjord in Gloppen, Norway
- Also known as: “Gloppe Fjord” and “Gloppenfjorden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vereide Church and Old Gimmestad Church.
Vereide Church
Church
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
Vereide Church is a medieval parish church of the Church of Norway in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is the only stone church in the Nordfjord region.
Old Gimmestad Church
Church
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
Old Gimmestad Church is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørstranda. Old Gimmestad Church is situated 4 km southeast of Gloppefjorden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandane.
Sandane
Photo: Ragnebl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandane is the administrative centre of Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Gloppefjorden, along the European route E39 highway.
Gloppefjorden
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Gloppen, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Gloppefjorden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gloppen”
- Danish: “Gloppefjorden”
- Finnish: “Gloppefjorden”
- Finnish: “Gloppenfjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gloppefjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gloppenfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gloppefjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gloppenfjorden”
- Norwegian: “Gloppefjorden”
- Norwegian: “Gloppen”
- Turkish: “Gloppefjorden”
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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 “Gloppefjorden”. Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.