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date_updated 2025-11-12 13:26:28.745000
title_en Matersfjorden
title_no Matersfjorden
description_en <p>The entire W-side of <a href="ssr:246228" data-county="Vestland" data-lat="59.80447" data-lng="5.95729" data-municipality="Kvinnherad" data-type="Fjord">Matersfjorden</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href="ssr:247264" data-county="Vestland" data-lat="59.7953" data-lng="5.93698" data-municipality="Kvinnherad" data-type="Nes i sj&oslash;">Lyngneset</a>&nbsp;northward to the fjord's end consists of continuous steep mountain slopes, covered by forest, mainly deciduous trees, and entirely uninhabited. The eastern side of the fjord is also steep and wooded but still allows space for small farms, some situated at higher elevations. Numerous rivers flow into the fjord, which, together with&nbsp;<a href="ssr:731596" data-county="Vestland" data-lat="59.7476" data-lng="5.99829" data-municipality="Etne" data-type="Fjord">&Aring;krafjorden</a>&nbsp;and the inner fjords of Sunnhordland, is generally among the most precipitation-rich areas on the coast.<br>The fjord often freezes over in the winter, and the ice can extend out to Lyngnes during harsh winters.<br><a href="ssr:246228" data-county="Vestland" data-lat="59.80447" data-lng="5.95729" data-municipality="Kvinnherad" data-type="Fjord">Matersfjorden</a> is clean and open without usable anchoring spots, except in the eastern part of the fjord's end, where smaller vessels can anchor.</p>
description_no <p>Hele W‑siden av <a href="ssr:246228" data-county="Vestland" data-lat="59.80447" data-lng="5.95729" data-municipality="Kvinnherad" data-type="Fjord">Matersfjorden</a>&nbsp;fra&nbsp;<a href="ssr:247264" data-county="Vestland" data-lat="59.7953" data-lng="5.93698" data-municipality="Kvinnherad" data-type="Nes i sj&oslash;">Lyngneset</a>&nbsp;N‑over til fjordbunnen er sammenhengende bratt fjellskr&aring;ning, dekket av skog, vesentlig lauvskog, og helt uten bebyggelse. &Oslash;stre siden av fjorden er ogs&aring; bratt og skogkledd, men gir likevel plass for sm&aring; gardsbuk, til dels h&oslash;ytliggende. Tallrike elver renner ut i fjorden, som sammen med&nbsp;<a href="ssr:731596" data-county="Vestland" data-lat="59.7476" data-lng="5.99829" data-municipality="Etne" data-type="Fjord">&Aring;krafjorden</a>&nbsp;og de indre Sunnhordlandsfjordane i sin alminnelighet er av de mest nedb&oslash;rrike str&oslash;k p&aring; kysten.<br>Fjorden fryser ofte til om vinteren, og isen kan i strenge vintrer ligge utover til Lyngnes.<br><a href="ssr:246228" data-county="Vestland" data-lat="59.80447" data-lng="5.95729" data-municipality="Kvinnherad" data-type="Fjord">Matersfjorden</a> er ren og &aring;pen uten brukbare ankerplasser, bortsett fra i &oslash;stre delen av fjordbunnen, hvor mindre fart&oslash;yer kan ankre.</p>
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