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Melfjorden

Melfjorden is a fjord and village in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland countyNorway. It is located on the Arctic Circle. The 33-kilometre (21 mi) long fjord from the village of Melfjorden in the east to its mouth in the Rødøyfjorden near the island of Rangsundøya. There are two fjord arms that branch off the main fjord: Nordfjorden flows to the north into the Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park and Sørfjorden to the south past the villages ofSørfjorden and Kilboghavn.


The village of Melfjorden lies at the eastern end of the fjord in Rødøy municipality, but it is only accessible by road through neighboringRana