Bømlafjorden

Bømlafjorden

Bømlafjorden

Fjord in Vestland, Norway

Bømlafjorden (English: Bømla Fjord)[1][2][3] is a fjord in Vestland county, Norway. The fjord is the outer-most part of the Hardangerfjord, running between the island of Bømlo (in Bømlo Municipality) and the mainland (Sveio Municipality). The Bømlafjord Tunnel crosses under Bømlafjorden.

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History

King Magnus IV of Sweden and Norway drowned in a shipwreck in the fjord in 1374.

On February 21, 1945, the vessel D/S Austri was attacked by British aircraft and sunk in the fjord. The passengers included German military personnel, prisoners of war, and civilian passengers,[4] among them the judge and newspaperman Gerhard Jynge.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Norsk kulturarv: Ryvarden Lighthouse.
  2. [2]
    Norwegian Coastal Administration: VTS Centres.
  3. [3]
    Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 41–42 (1994), pp. 7–8.
  4. [4]
    Mjånes, Willy Edvin. 2010. Sjøverts kommunikasjon på Haugalandet. Årbok for Haugalandmuseene, pp. 14–51. Haugesund: Haugalandmuseene, pp. 41-42, 45.
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    DigitaltMuseum: Det gamle skatollet.
  6. [6]
    Olderkjær, Ove A. 2015. Kystruta skoten i senk av sine eigne. Bergens Tidene (February 20).


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