West Norwegian Fjords

The West Norwegian Fjords is the common name of two fjords in Norway listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO: the Geirangerfjord and the Nærøyfjord.

The World Heritage Site consists of two areas 120 km apart, located in south-west Norway, north-west of the city of Bergen, and part of the fjord landscape of western Norway extending over 500 km between Stavanger in the south and Åndalsnes in the north.

[C 1] The heritage cite lies in the county of Møre og Romsdal, extending into the municipalities of Fjord and Stranda.

The Nærøyfjord is situated 100 km inland and is the upper extremity of Sognefjord.

In winter, the sources of the fjords are frozen for a period of one to three weeks.