Gleodden, Kristiansand, Nor

Gleodden, Kristiansand, Norway by gormjarl Kristiansandsfjorden or Byfjorden is the fjord outside Kristiansand in Vest-Agder. It is about 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) from Vestre havn to the open sea in the Skagerrak south of Oksø and Grønningen lighthouse. Otra, Norway’s eighth longest river flows into the Kristiansand Fjord.

The fjord is up to 260 meters deep and the deepest area in the middle of the lease has previously been used for ammunition dumping. On the fjord bottom, especially in the inner areas, there is a lot of pollution from previous activities along the beaches. Much of the fjord bottom has in recent years been covered with rock and sand fillings.

The fjord has two inlets, Østergapet (the gap in dialect) between Oksøy and Grønningen and Vestergapet between Flekkerøy and Møvik / Kroodden. It was previously said that Vestergapet lay between Indre and Ytre Flekkerøy and in the strait between the island and the mainland was the most important port along the Skagerrak coast from around 1550. https://flic.kr/p/2keogwQ