Sykkylvsfjorden is a fjord

Fjord

Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...

 in the municipality of Sykkylven

Sykkylven

Sykkylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Ikornnes, Straumgjerde, and Tusvik.-General information:...

 in Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The fjord is a branch off of the Storfjord

Storfjord (fjord)

The Storfjord is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region, stretching from Hareid in the west to Tafjord and Geiranger east in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The Storfjord system includes the famous Geirangerfjord and Tafjorden, at small village of Stranda it branches off into...

. The villages of Sykkylven, Ikornnes

Ikornnes

Ikornnes is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, about east of Tusvik, north of Straumgjerde, and about west of the municipal center of Aure via the Sykkylven Bridge....

, and Straumgjerde

Straumgjerde

Straumgjerde is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located where the lake Fitjavatnet empties into the Sykkylvsfjorden. It is about south of the municipal center of Aure and about south of Ikornnes. The mountain Råna lies south of the...

 lie along the shores of the fjord. The Sykkylven Bridge

Sykkylven Bridge

Sykkylven Bridge is a concrete bridge that crosses the Sykkylvsfjorden in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It connects the municipal center of Aure with the village of Ikornnes on the other side of the fjord....

crosses the fjord between Sykkylven and Ikornnes.

The deepest point in the fjord is 247 metres (810.4 ft) below sea level, near where it joins the Storfjord. The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long fjord is mostly less than 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) wide, with the narrowest point being only 200 metres (656.2 ft) wide.