Western Norway

E17275
region of Norway

Western Norway is a coastal region of Norway known for its dramatic fjords, mountainous landscapes, and important port cities such as Bergen and Stavanger.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Southwestern Norway 4
Norwegian west coast 2
Rogaland 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Norway ⓘ
characteristicFeature glacially carved fjords ⓘ
heavy rainfall ⓘ
steep valleys ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
containsCity Bergen ⓘ
Haugesund ⓘ
Kristiansund ⓘ
Molde ⓘ
Stavanger ⓘ
Ålesund ⓘ
containsCounty Western Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Møre og Romsdal

Western Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rogaland

Vestland ⓘ
containsFjord Geirangerfjord ⓘ
Hardangerfjord ⓘ
Hjørundfjord ⓘ
Lysefjord ⓘ
Nordfjord ⓘ
Sognefjord ⓘ
containsIsland Averøya ⓘ
Bømlo ⓘ
Karmøy ⓘ
Sotra ⓘ
containsMountainRange Scandinavian Mountains ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
dominantWrittenStandard Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form: Nynorsk
economySector aquaculture ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
maritime industry ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn North Sea ⓘ
Norwegian Sea ⓘ
historicalRegion Western Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vestlandet
knownFor coastal scenery ⓘ
fjords ⓘ
maritime climate ⓘ
mountainous landscapes ⓘ
largestCity Bergen ⓘ
locatedIn Norway ⓘ
officialLanguage Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian
partOf Norway ⓘ
secondLargestCity Stavanger ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
touristAttraction Geirangerfjord ⓘ
Nærøyfjord ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Nærøyfjord ⓘ
surface form: West Norwegian Fjords

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niels Henrik Abel → birthPlace → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rogaland
Eastern Norway → borders → Western Norway ⓘ
Southern Norway → borders → Western Norway ⓘ
Western Norway → containsCounty → Western Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rogaland
Western Norway → containsCounty → Western Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Møre og Romsdal
Western Norway → historicalRegion → Western Norway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vestlandet
Averøya → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Bergen → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Geirangerfjord → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Norway
Hardangerfjord → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Haugesund → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Jøssingfjord → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rogaland county
Karmøy → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Karmøy → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian West Coast
Kristiansund → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Ledaal, Stavanger → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Lysefjord → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Norway
Molde → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Nærøyfjord → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Sognefjord → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Sokndal municipality → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
subject surface form: Sokndal
this entity surface form: Southwestern Norway
Stavanger → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Norway
Vestland → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Ålesund → locatedIn → Western Norway ⓘ
Helleren → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Western Norway ⓘ
Nordfjord → locatedInRegion → Western Norway ⓘ
Sogndalstrand → locatedInRegion → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Norway
Bergen → locatedOn → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian west coast
Haugesund → locatedOn → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian west coast
Stavanger → locatedOn → Western Norway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian coast
Jøssingfjord → politicalRegion → Western Norway ⓘ
Hjørundfjord → region → Western Norway ⓘ
Lysefjord → region → Western Norway ⓘ
Sokndal municipality → region → Western Norway ⓘ
subject surface form: Sokndal
Norway → subdivision → Western Norway ⓘ