Kangerlussuaq Fjord is a long fjord in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. The fjord is 190 km (120 mi) long and between 1.5 km (0.93 mi) and 8 km (5.0 mi) wide, flowing from the estuary of Qinnguata Kuussua river to the southwest, and emptying into the Davis Strait. It is the longest fjord of western Greenland. The head of the fjord is located at t...

Kenai Fjords National Park is a United States National Park established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The park covers an area of approximately 1,760 sq mi (4,600 km2) on the Kenai Peninsula in southcentral Alaska, near the town of Seward. The park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest ice fields in the United States. The p...

Killary Harbour is a fjord located in the West of Ireland in the heart of Connemara which forms a natural border between counties Galway and Mayo. It is 16 kilometres long and in the centre over 45 metres deep. It is one of three glacial fjords that exist in Ireland, the others being Lough Swilly and Carlingford Lough. On its northern shore lies the mountain of Mweelr...

Loch Fyne, Scotland's longest fjord at 65 km, meaning Loch of the Vine or Wine, although there is no evidence that grapes have grown there - the title is probably honorific, indicating that the River, 'Abhainn Fìne', was a well-respected river) is a sea loch on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It extends 65 kilometres (40 mi) inland from the Sound o...

Lysefjord or Lysefjorden is a fjord located in the Ryfylke area in Rogaland county in southwestern Norway. The 42-kilometre (26 mi) long fjord lies in the municipalities of Strand and Sandnes, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the city of Stavanger. The name meanslight fjord, and is said to be derived from the lightly coloured granite rocks along its sides. It is pa...

Magdalenefjorden is an 8 km long and up to 5 km wide fjord between Reuschhalvøya and Hoelhalvøya, Albert I Land, on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago. It is large enough to accommodate even the largest of cruise ships which are even able to turn through 180 degrees in the fjord. On the south shore of the fjord ...

Nærøyfjord in Sognefjord - Western Norway - is one of the worlds most beautiful and dramatic fjords! The narrow fjord is a branch of the large Sognefjord, and it is featured on the "Norway in a Nutshell" daytrips for tourists. The 18-kilometre (11 mi) long fjord is only 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide in some parts. Nærøyfjord is one of many fjord...

The Oslofjord (Oslofjorden) is an inlet in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær and Færder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north. It is part of the Skagerrak strait, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea. The Oslofjord is not a ...

Saguenay Fjord National Park is a national park located in Quebec, Canada. Located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Charlevoix, Côte-Nord and Bas-Saint-Laurent region, the park is situated along the eastern end of the Saguenay River and adjoins the Saguenay – St. Lawrence Marine Park for over 100 km (60 mi.). Activities in the park include over 100 kilometr...

Scoresby Sund is an inlet system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It is the largest and longest fjord system in the world. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately 110 km (68 mi) long that branches into a system of fjords covering an area of about 38,000 km2 (14,700 sq mi). The longest of these extends 340–350 km in fro...

The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the third longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches 205 kilometres (127 mi) inland to the small village of Skjolden. The fjord takes its name from the traditional district of Sogn. Boats connect settlements along the fjord and its sidearms. Towns on the fjord and its branches include H&osl...

Taan Fjord is located in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve and exits into Icy Bay. Tyndall Glacier feeds into the fjord. In 2015 a steep mountainside in ths remote fjord gave way and drops 200 million tons of rock into deep glacial water in 60 seconds. The displaced water generated a wave that sheared alders more than 500 feet up on a hillside acros...

Tracy Arm is a fjord in Alaska near Juneau. It is named after a Civil War general named Benjamin Franklin Tracy. It is located about 45 miles (72 km) south of Juneau and 70 miles (110 km) north of Petersburg, Alaska, off of Holkham Bay and adjacent to Stephens Passage within the Tongass National Forest. Tracy Arm is the heart of the Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, ...

Tunulliarfik Fjord is a fjord near Qaqortoq in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It is the inner section of Skovfjord (Skovfjorden). In times of the Norse settlement in southern Greenland, it was known asEiriksfjord. The fjord head is formed by the estuary of a river flowing from the glacial outflow lake in Johan Dahl Land. South of the Narsarsuaq settl...