Norwegian fjords
Nordic glacial waterways
Norwegian fjords are the long, narrow inlets of sea along Norway's coastline, carved by glaciers and flanked by steep cliffs.
Norway's western coast contains hundreds of these dramatic waterways, some extending dozens of miles inland.
The term often appears in travel contexts as shorthand for scenic Nordic landscapes: We're taking a cruise through the Norwegian fjords.
- inletWater extending into land
- steep cliffsSharp vertical rock formations
- cliffVertical rock wall
- Viking heritageAncestry from medieval Scandinavians
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
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- cruise destinationsCaribbean, Mediterranean, Alaska, Bahamas, Baltic Sea
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