Saudafjord
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Saudafjord (or Saudafjorden, the suffix "-en" is a form of the definite article in the Norwegian language) is a fjord which stretches from Sandsfjorden in Suldal, a municipality in the county of Rogaland Norway. It extends to the municipality and central town, Sauda. Saudafjorden is an outlying fjord among the numerous fjords opening to the sea at Boknafjord, and stretches furthest north in Rogaland. Saudafjord is an open, wide fjord with a depth approaching 400 meters.
The fjord was carved by the action of glaciers in the ice ages and was flooded by the sea when the later glaciers retreated. The fjord has no marked threshold as the glacial ice flow joined that from the Hylsfjord and flowed into the Sandsfjord. End to end, it measures 45 km from Saude to the point it meets the Sandsfjord.
