Prior to the opening of Osterøy Bridge in 1997 there were two ferries crossing the fjord: Haus–Garnes and Valestrandfossen–Breistein, the first one was closed when the bridge opened and the second one is still in operation.
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^Store norske leksikon. "Sørfjorden (Hordaland) – i Osterfjorden" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-04-23.
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sørfjorden, osterøy, sørfjorden, kilometre, long, fjord, vestland, county, norway, fjord, flows, around, west, south, sides, island, osterøy, going, through, municipalities, osterøy, bergen, vaksdal, fjord, begins, village, vaksdal, where, veafjorden, flows, i. Sorfjorden is a 30 kilometre 19 mi long fjord in Vestland county Norway The fjord flows around the west and south sides of the island of Osteroy going through the municipalities of Osteroy Bergen and Vaksdal The fjord begins at the village of Vaksdal where the Veafjorden flows into the Sorfjorden it then heads west and then north before emptying into the Osterfjorden The fjord flows past the following villages Bruvik Vaksdal Hausvik Garnes Ytre Arna Hylkje Breistein Valestrandfossen Steinsto and Hamre 1 SorfjordenView of the fjord looking east towards Bruvik Broknipa Bruviknipa on the left and Trengereid on the rightSorfjordenLocation of the fjordShow map of VestlandSorfjordenSorfjorden Norway Show map of NorwayLocationVestland county NorwayCoordinates60 31 29 N 5 42 41 E 60 5247 N 5 7115 E 60 5247 5 7115Primary inflowsVeafjordenPrimary outflowsOsterfjordenBasin countriesNorwayMax length30 kilometres 19 mi Max width2 kilometres 1 2 mi Looking northwest towards Garnes and Ytre Arna Looking north towards the Osterfjorden Prior to the opening of Osteroy Bridge in 1997 there were two ferries crossing the fjord Haus Garnes and Valestrandfossen Breistein the first one was closed when the bridge opened and the second one is still in operation References edit Store norske leksikon Sorfjorden Hordaland i Osterfjorden in Norwegian Retrieved 2014 04 23 nbsp This Vestland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sorfjorden Osteroy amp oldid 942978329, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,