Fjord

In physical geography, a fjord or fiord (/ˈfjɔːrd, fiːˈɔːrd/ (listen)[1]) is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.[2] Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Iceland, Ireland, Kamchatka, the Kerguelen Islands, Labrador, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Nunavut, Quebec, the Patagonia region of Argentina and Chile, Russia, South Georgia Island, Tasmania, Scotland and Washington state.[3] Norway's coastline is estimated to be 29,000 km (18,000 mi) long with its nearly 1,200 fjords, but only 2,500 km (1,600 mi) long excluding the fjords.[4][5]

This article is about the landform. For other uses, see Fjord (disambiguation).
Geirangerfjord, Norway
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