Fjord
Long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial activity / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the landform. For other uses, see Fjord (disambiguation).
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord (/ˈfjɔːrd, fiːˈɔːrd/ ⓘ[1]) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.[2] Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounded landmasses of the northern and southern hemispheres.[3] Norway's coastline is estimated to be 29,000 km (18,000 mi) long with its nearly 1,200 fjords, but only 2,500 km (1,600 mi) long excluding the fjords.[4][5]