Tafjord

The village is in a valley located at the end of the Tafjorden, about southeast of the village of Sylte, and just west of the borders of Reinheimen National Park. In the park, the mountains Tordsnose, Karitinden, and Puttegga all lie about to the southeast of Tafjord in the Tafjordfjella mountain range. Tafjord landslide On 7 April 1934, a rockslide of about of rock fell off the mountain Langhamaren from a height of about . The rock landed in the Tafjorden which created a local megatsunami which killed 34 people living on the shore of the fjord. The waves reached a height of near the landslide, about at Sylte, and about at Tafjord. It was one of the worst natural disasters in Norway in the 20th century. ==Climate==

The weather station in Tafjord has been recording since 1925, and holds the record for the highest temperature in Norway in November at . The January record was recorded the night before 29 January 2024. These high temperatures in winter and late autumn are primarily due to foehn wind. ==References==