Definition of Fjords. Meaning of Fjords. Synonyms of Fjords

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Definition of Fjords

Fjord
Fjord Fjord (fy[^o]rd), n. See Fiord.
fjord
Fiord Fiord (fy?rd; i or y consonant, [sect] 272), n. [Dan. & Norw. fiord. See Frith.] A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska. [Written also fjord.]

Meaning of Fjords from wikipedia

- (18,000 mi) long with its nearly 1,200 fjords, but only 2,500 km (1,600 mi) long excluding the fjords. A true fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped...
- Kenai Fjords National Park is a national park of the United States that comprises the Harding Icefield, its outflowing glaciers, and coastal fjords and...
- coordinates) This list of Norwegian fjords shows many of the fjords in Norway. In total, there are about 1,190 fjords in Norway and the Svalbard islands...
- fjords or Fjords in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fjord (or fiord) a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjord may...
- and the Whale Terraces. Since all other fjords in Northern Peary Land are frozen even in the summer, Frigg Fjord was identified as one of the few places...
- [ˈsɔ̂ŋnəˌfjuːɳ], English: Sogn Fjord), nicknamed the King of the Fjords (Norwegian: Fjordenes konge), is the longest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland...
- 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...
- other fjords in the area, there is no large calving glacier at the head of the Danmark Fjord, but it is icebound the whole year round. List of fjords of...
- deeper than the body of water into which it flows, occupying the Hudson Fjord, an inlet that formed during the most recent period of North American glaciation...
- a large number of fjords and fjord-like channels from the latitudes of Cape Horn (55° S) to Reloncaví Estuary (42° S). Some fjords and channels are important...