Norway: coast report. Part II: the coast, ports, and coast defenses. Section 1, Kristiania Fjord, section 2, Kristiania Fjord to Trondhjem Fjord, section 3, Trondhjem Fjord to Varanger Fjord, June 1917.

• Main Author: Office of Naval Intelligence
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, [DC] : Government Printing Office 1918
• Subjects: Coast defenses; Reports; Coasts; Fjords; Harbors; Oslo (Norway); Trondheim (Norway); Varanger Fjord (Norway and Russia); Oslofjorden (Norway); Trondheim Fjord (Norway); Coast defenses > Norway; Norway; Varanger
• Online Access: http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll7/id/983

Section 1: From its principal entrance between Little Faerder and Torbiornskier, Kristiania fjord extends nearly due N. for 55 miles to Kristiania, the capital of Norway. Varying in breadth from 13 miles at the entrance to two-thirds of a mile at Drobak, the fjord is deep throughout in the main channel, and, on the whole, free from dangers. The shores are mountainous. The rounded islands and hills covered with fir and pine trees which characterize the scenery in the lower reaches, give place to steeper declivities northward of Drobak, and bolder bills in the background. Section 2: The western boundary of the entrance to Kristiania Fjord is considered to be the small group of islands known as the Svenoer group, which is situated just to the eastward of the entrance to Laurvik Fjord. Between these islands and the coast there are numerous obstacles and dangers, and islands, rocks, and shoals obstruct the entrance to Viks Fjord, which runs in a north-easterly direction from the entrance to Laurvik Fjord. Section 3 details Trondhjem Fjord to Russo-Norwegian frontier.