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NORDFJORD , an inlet of the See also:west See also:coast of See also:Norway, penetrating the See also:land for 5o m, in an easterly direction, its mouth being 115 m. by See also:sea N. of See also:Bergen (61° 50' N.) . No See also:part of Norway affords finer scenery than the inner ramifications of this See also:fjord among the snowy mountains of the See also:northern Jostedalsbrae . See also:Driving-roads penetrate the mountains from Visnaes eastward to the See also:Gudbrandsdal, from Utvik southward to Vadheim on the Sogne Fjord, and from Faleide northward to Hellesylt (Geiranger Fjord) and dje (Jorundsfjord) . Nordfjordeid is a large See also:village on the See also:outer fjord, at the mouth of Hornindalen . Olden and Loen are other favourite centres on the inner part of the fjord . A small but powerful breed of horses is See also:peculiar to the Nordfjord See also:district . |
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