Boknafjord

{{Short description|Fjord in Rogaland county, Norway}}

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|other_name = Boknafjord

|image = Ytre Boknafjorden.JPG

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|caption = Aerial view of the fjord

|image_map = Map of Boknafjorden.PNG

|location = Rogaland county, Norway

|basin_countries = Norway

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|outflow = North Sea

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|length = {{convert|96|km}}

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|cities = Stavanger

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Boknafjord or Boknafjorden ({{langx|en|Bokna Fjord}}){{Cite book |url=http://sjomatnorge.no/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Environmental_report_2013_EN.pdf |title=Environmental Report |publisher=Norwegian Seafood Federation |year=2013 |location=Oslo |page=70 |type=PDF}}{{Cite book |last=Hobbs |first=Joseph |title=World Regional Geography |publisher=Brooks/Cole |year=2008 |location=Boston |page=122}}{{Cite book |last=Mann |first=Kenneth H. |title=Ecology of Coastal Waters: With Implications for Management |publisher=Blackwell Science |year=2009 |location=Malden, MA |page=114}} is a fjord located in Rogaland county, Norway. The huge fjord lies between the cities of Stavanger and Haugesund and dominates the central part of the county. The main part of the fjord is shared between the municipalities of Kvitsøy, Stavanger, Tysvær, Bokn, and Karmøy. There are dozens of smaller fjords that branch off the main part of the fjord, reaching most municipalities in the county. At its longest, the Boknafjord reaches about {{convert|96|km}} into the mainland at the innermost point of the Hylsfjorden. Other notable branches include the Saudafjorden, Sandsfjorden, Vindafjorden, Hervikfjorden, Førresfjorden, Erfjorden, Jøsenfjorden, Årdalsfjorden, Idsefjorden, Høgsfjorden, Lysefjorden, and Gandsfjorden.{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |authorlink=Store norske leksikon |title=Boknafjorden |url=https://snl.no/Boknafjorden |access-date=2015-08-27 |language=Norwegian}}

The vast fjord is quite wide, and it has many islands located within its shores, some of which are quite large. Some of the notable islands include Vestre Bokn, Kvitsøy, Rennesøy, Ombo, Finnøy, Mosterøy, and the Sjernarøyane archipelago.