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Tafjord
Village in Fjord Municipality, Norway
Village in Fjord Municipality, Norway
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Tafjord |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Norddalsfjorden towards Tafjorden.JPG |
| image_caption | Towards Tafjord from Norddalsfjord |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 11 |
| mapframe-marker | village |
| pushpin_map | Møre og Romsdal#Norway |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Norway |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Western Norway |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Møre og Romsdal |
| subdivision_type3 | District |
| subdivision_name3 | Sunnmøre |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name4 | Fjord Municipality |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +01:00 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +02:00 |
| postal_code_type | Post Code |
| postal_code | 6213 Tafjord |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 6 |
| elevation_footnotes |
|mapframe-zoom = 11 |mapframe-marker = village
Tafjord is a village in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is very isolated and (other than by boat) the only way into the valley is by road from the village of Sylte. The road is composed almost entirely of two tunnels through the very steep mountains along the edge of the Tafjorden: the 5.3 km Heggur Tunnel and the 700 m long Skjegghammar Tunnel.
Geography
The village is in a valley located at the end of the Tafjorden, about 12 km southeast of the village of Sylte, and just west of the borders of Reinheimen National Park. In the park, the mountains Tordsnose, Karitinden, and Puttegga all lie about 15 km to the southeast of Tafjord in the Tafjordfjella mountain range.
Tafjord landslide
On 7 April 1934, a rockslide of about 2000000 m3 of rock fell off the mountain Langhamaren from a height of about 700 m. The rock landed in the Tafjorden which created a local megatsunami which killed 34 people living on the shore of the fjord. The waves reached a height of 62 m near the landslide, about 7 m at Sylte, and about 16 m at Tafjord. It was one of the worst natural disasters in Norway in the 20th century.
Climate
The weather station in Tafjord has been recording since 1925, and holds the record for the highest temperature in Norway in November at 21.8 C. The January record 18.7 C was recorded the night before 29 January 2024. These high temperatures in winter and late autumn are primarily due to foehn wind. |Jan record high C = 18.7 | Jan record low C = -16.6 |Feb record high C = 17.1 | Feb record low C = -15.4 |Mar record high C = 18.1 | Mar record low C = -14.1 |Apr record high C = 21.2 | Apr record low C = -7 |May record high C = 28.7 | May record low C = -2 |Jun record high C = 31.8 | Jun record low C = 0.6 |Jul record high C = 33.8 | Jul record low C = 3.5 |Aug record high C = 30.6 | Aug record low C = 2.1 |Sep record high C = 26.5 | Sep record low C = -1.6 |Oct record high C = 25.5 | Oct record low C = -7.7 |Nov record high C = 21.8 | Nov record low C = -10.8 |Dec record high C = 18.7 | Dec record low C = -15
References
References
- "Tafjord, Norddal (Møre og Romsdal)". [[yr.no]].
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- Furseth, Astor. (1985). "Dommedagsfjellet. Tafjord 1934". Gyldendal.
- {{Cite SNL. Tafjord. Tafjord. 2025-04-15. Thorsnæs. Geir. 2024-11-26
- "www.yr.no".
- "NOAA WMO normals Norway 1991-2020".
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