Nærøyfjord

E76844
fjord natural heritage site

Nærøyfjord is a narrow, dramatic branch of Norway’s Sognefjord and a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its steep mountainsides, waterfalls, and picturesque fjord landscapes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nærøyfjord canonical 17
Nærøyfjorden 1
West Norwegian Fjords 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fjord ⓘ
natural heritage site ⓘ
climate temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
drainageBasinCountry Norway ⓘ
geologicalOrigin glacial erosion ⓘ
hasFeature narrow inlets ⓘ
numerous waterfalls ⓘ
sheer rock walls ⓘ
hasNameInNorwegian Nærøyfjorden ⓘ
hasTouristActivity fjord cruises ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
knownFor narrow fjord ⓘ
picturesque fjord landscapes ⓘ
steep mountainsides ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
landscapeType glacial fjord landscape ⓘ
languageOfToponym Norwegian ⓘ
length approximately 18 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Sogn og Fjordane ⓘ
surface form: Vestland county

Western Norway ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 500 metres ⓘ
municipality Aurland ⓘ
Lærdal ⓘ
Vik ⓘ
Voss ⓘ
nearbyVillage Flåm ⓘ
Gudvangen ⓘ
partOf Sognefjord ⓘ
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord ⓘ
surface form: West Norwegian Fjords
popularFor cruise tourism ⓘ
landscape photography ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus World Heritage property ⓘ
terminus Gudvangen ⓘ
UNESCOCriterion (vii) ⓘ
(viii) ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2005 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 1195 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageList West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ
widthAtNarrowestPoint approximately 250 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Western Norway → touristAttraction → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Western Norway → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Norwegian Fjords
Sognefjord → hasBranch → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Sognefjord → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageComponent → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Sogn region → hasAttraction → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Sogn region → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Flåm → hasNearby → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Sogn og Fjordane → containsPart → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nærøyfjorden
Aurlandsfjord → connectsTo → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Aurlandsfjord → hasNearbyUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord → contains → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Aurland → knownFor → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Aurland → contains → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Lærdal → near → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Gudvangen → locatedAtEndOf → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Gudvangen → fjord → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Aurland Municipality → contains → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Aurland Municipality → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Nærøyfjord ⓘ
Aurland Municipality → hasFjord → Nærøyfjord ⓘ