Welcome IIIC CIRCLE We're going to Norway Norwegians call their country Norge The word means the way to the North It is easy to see why On the continent of Europe Norway is the country farthest to the north Norway curves over the top of Finland to meet Russia Sweden touches eastern Norway The Norwegian Sea lies to the west The North Sea spreads across the south Skagerrak is an arm of the North Sea The city of Alesund is built on seven islands in the Sea Norwegian
Honningsvag IORTH SVALBARD ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN BEAR ISLAND RUSSJA RUSSIA JAN MAYEN ISLAND ATLANTIC OCEAN FINLA IIIC CIRCLE NORWEGIAN SEA SWEDEN OR WA DENMARK ATLANTIC OCEAN Alesund W E D E FINLAND SOGNE FJORD KILOMETERS Bergene Oslo HARDANGER FJORD a N131 lowlands country's capital glacier mountains BOK FJORD NORTH ГЕА SKAGGERAK
Mountains and Fjords Norway has many mountain ranges They are in the north and the south Deep valleys separate the mountains Some valleys have forested slopes Others have rocky slopes High in the mountains are huge ice fields called glaciers A small town sits at the base of a mountain in Norway northern
The mountains slant into the sea in western Norway Deep bays called fjords lead from the sea into the countryside Norway's fjords make the coastline zigzag A cruise ship sails through a fjord deep
