SOGN FJORD

fjord, Sogn og Fjordane fylke (county), western Norway. It is the longest and deepest fjord in Norway, and its mouth is located 45 miles (72 km) north of Bergen. Its length, from Solund on the offshore island of Sula in the North Sea to Skjolden, at the head of its longest branch, Lustra Fjord, is 127 miles (204 km). The fjord's maximum depth is 4,291 feet (1,308 m), and its main axis is east-west. Its narrow, deep tributary channels extend almost to the Jotunheim Mountains on the east and to the Jostedals Glacier on the north. On the south, Aurlands Fjord extends almost to Halling Mountain. Sogn Fjord and its branches include some of the most picturesque scenery in Norway and form an important tourist area. There is some farming at the fjord heads, where alluvial-soil deposits have built up. There are numerous waterfalls along the fjord, many of which have been harnessed to provide electrical power for industries; the large aluminum-processing plant at rdal is particularly important.