Simadal Fjord

{{Short description|Fjord in Vestland, Norway}}

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The Simadal Fjord{{cite book|last1=Berman|first1=Martha|last2=Knoles|first2=Kathy|title=Fielding's Scandinavia|date=1995|publisher=Fielding Worldwide, Inc.|location=Redondo Beach, CA|page=334}} ({{langx|no|Simadalsfjorden}}) is a branch of the Eid Fjord in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland, Norway.{{cite web|title=Hardanger|url=https://snl.no/Hardanger|website=Store norske leksikon|accessdate=April 25, 2018}} The Simadal Fjord is the innermost branch of the Hardanger Fjord.{{cite web|title=Eidfjord|url=https://snl.no/Eidfjord|website=Store norske leksikon|accessdate=April 25, 2018}} It is {{convert|5|km|sp=us}} long and extends east from its mouth between Blurnes and Eikenes to the head of the fjord at the Sima Valley.{{cite web|title=Simadalsfjorden|url=http://norgeskart.no/#!/?zoom=12&lon=66347.12&lat=6732150.37&project=seeiendom&layers=1002,1015&sok=Simadalsfjorden|website=Norgeskart|accessdate=April 25, 2018}}

The fjord is surrounded by high and steep mountains reaching elevations up to {{convert|1500|m|sp=us}}. The Kjeåsen mountain farm lies on the mountain slope north of the mouth of the fjord.{{cite web|title=Kjeåsen|url=https://snl.no/Kje%C3%A5sen|website=Store norske leksikon|accessdate=April 25, 2018}} Below Kjeåsen is the Sima Hydroelectric Power Station, which has its outlet into the fjord. Norwegian County Road 103 runs along the south side of the fjord and continues into Sima Valley.