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Hardanger fartøyvernsenter

Hardanger Maritime Museum

03.07.2019 - 10:51

Kvamskogen, toward the north.

Kvamskogen

02.12.2018 - 20:57

The different bedrock types that got shoved in over Hordaland in Cambro-Silurian times still remain, layer by layer, almost like a cake. But at Kvamskogen the cake has been turned upside down.

Mining pit in the steep slope at Froastad.

Froastad

19.05.2018 - 12:50

This little mountain in the picture sticks up because the layers are tilted on their sides.

Toftøyna

27.03.2019 - 15:07

Toftøyna

Turøyvegen

16.06.2018 - 18:30

The earthquake was caused by movements along fault zones in the bedrock where the blocks of rock chafed against each other. In Devonian time, there were many big earthquakes that caused Hordaland to be broken up along fault zones. Some of these faults are visible along road cuts between Tofteøyna and Turøyna islands. Along the Hordaland coast, earthquakes still occur sometimes, though the quakes tend to be weaker.

Dwelling house and store from the Øystese hamlet.

Øystese- Kvam rural museum

07.12.2018 - 14:52