The Norwegian words for bay - like vik, bukt, does not necessarily imply broad or open. The main distinction appear to be length. Bukt or gulf are the words mo

The Norwegian words for bay - like vik, bukt, does not necessarily imply broad or open. The main distinction appear to be length. Bukt or gulf are the words mostly use for major bays, but bukt in particular can also be used for very short, narrow inlets, while fjords are used for some of our largest bays. The Oslo fjord for example, is quite broad and open for most of its length. Most of the smaller bays in the fjord are bukter, but the largest, longest of them are also named fjords.