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    Boknafjord or Boknafjorden (English: Bokna Fjord) is a fjord located in Rogaland county, Norway. The huge fjord lies between the cities of Stavanger and...
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    In 2011, the shipyard built the largest LNG-powered Norwegian ferry MF Boknafjord. In June 2020, the largest floating dock (235 m long and 45 m wide, with...
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    Stavanger) and Bokn in Rogaland county, Norway. The tunnel will be called the Boknafjord tunnel; it will be a world record with respect to its 27-kilometre (17 mi)...
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    between Stavanger and Ryfylke (district) under the Horgefjord (part of the Boknafjord). The tunnel is part of the Ryfast project. It is 14.4 kilometres (8.9 mi)...
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  • Fiskerstrand BLRT delivered the world's largest LNG-powered ferry, MF Boknafjord, to Norwegian company Fjord1. Another LNG-fired ferry, MF Edøyfjord, was...
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    were a tribe residing in Rogaland of southwestern Norway, around the Boknafjord. The coastal island known today as Rügen is also sometimes associated...
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    Launching a MOB boat from the ferry Boknafjord in Horten, Norway, May 2007...
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    melting of the glaciers of Hardangerfjord began during this interstadial. Boknafjord had already begun to deglaciate before the onset of the Bølling–Allerød...
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    Born 975 Sola, Rogaland Died 21 December 1028(1028-12-21) (aged 52–53) Boknafjord Resting place Sola, Rogaland Nationality Norwegian Occupation Political...
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  • Name Location Kilometres (km) Expected completion Tubes Road Boknafjord Tunnel  Norway (Stavanger) 26.7 km (16.6 mi) 2031 2 European route E39 Tianshan...
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  • Tysnes 60°05′56″N 5°23′06″E / 60.0989°N 5.3851°E / 60.0989; 5.3851 Boknafjord 94 km (58 mi) Rogaland Kvitsøy, Stavanger, Tysvær, Bokn, and Karmøy 59°07′09″N...
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  • 2006 589 Mortavika - Arsvågen MF Bjørnsund 1979 245 Festvåg - Misten MF Boknafjord 2011 589 Mortavika - Arsvågen MF Bolsøy 1971 345 Geiranger - Hellesylt...
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  • as being more realistic than a bridge between Calabria and Sicily The Boknafjord tunnel (main part of the Rogfast project) is under construction and will...
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  • Name Location Length Year Tubes Road Notes Boknafjord Tunnel Norway (Stavanger) 26.7 km (16.6 mi) 2031 2 European route E39 Mostly underwater. Will have...
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    April 1944, U-974 was sunk by torpedoes near Stavanger, Norway, in the Boknafjord. U-974 was attacked by a Norwegian submarine, HNoMS Ula. Eight of the...
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  • with the Rennesøy Fixed Link, this gave much shorter ferry times across Boknafjord. The T-Link was proposed to allow better access southwards towards Jæren...
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  • opened. It also operated ferries between Bergen and Stavanger and in Boknafjord. In 1992 the subsidiary Fjord Line was established, providing cruiseferry...
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  • and Brimnes until 31 December 2010, when Fjord1 took over the route MF Boknafjord Car ferry 1986 1995 106 450 Spare ferry Rogaland, sold to BastøFosen from...
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    Sandsfjorden. The Saudafjorden is the northernmost branch of the main Boknafjord which dominates Rogaland county. The 17-kilometre (11 mi) long Saudafjorden...
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  • In 2022, Norway granted concession to install a 1 MW prototype in the Boknafjord. SeaTwirl has a vertical axis, with blades above water and the generator...
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    and Neidenfels with six torpedoes; on 3 July 1940 on a convoy off the Boknafjord, Norway; and on 8 July 1940 on the beached wreck of the German merchant...
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    SS Dresden sunk in Boknafjord, 1934....
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    Bokn, Rogaland, Norway. His ancestors were farmers on the islands in Boknafjord. He grew up on the Boknaberg farm. His parents were farmer (and later...
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