Official Name: | Melfjordbotn Melfjorden |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Melfjordbotn |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Helgeland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Rødøy Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8182 Melfjordbotn |
Coordinates: | 66.5154°N 13.6767°W |
Elevation M: | 21 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Melfjordbotn or Melfjorden[2] is a village in Rødøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the Melfjorden, southwest of the Svartisen glacier. The Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park lies about north of the village.[3]
The village is fairly remote, with only one road leading in and out of the village, the Norwegian County Road 355, which was built in 1982. The road is a steep mountain road with many hairpin turns that doesn't connect it to the rest of Rødøy, but instead connects it to the neighboring Rana Municipality. The road is often closed during the winter.