The Northern Gates Fjord

This is how Northurgatten Fjord looked like 200 years ago. The huge, tall pillars, become successively taller further inland. The deceptively warm but foggy air disguises distances. The picturesque views of natural arches distracts any first-time skipper making his way through the waters, and the unexpected turns in the short, S-shaped fjord became the best defense for the city of Waldihnok. Many treacherous rocks have been cleared, though the famous rule is still in force for modern-day pilots and captains: keep your eyes on the water.

The Bridge Rocks and Blue Rocks: inhabited cliffs of the Eastern Shores

The Bridge Rocks is a pair of very high rocks that are not the Pillars so common to the Northern Shores. There is the natural bridge at the base of the rocks, and almost 600 feet high up, the rock settlers have already built a reinforced bridge protected against the winds brought on the storms sucked down into the warm waters by the high mountain action. The cliffs of the bays have also been settled. The residents are mainly fishermen and mineworkers.


Close along the Eastern Shore are the treacherous Blue Rocks - why didn't they call them Mean Rocks? - extremely dangerous to shipping, but so convenient for residential use, considering that it is only 30 minutes by seaplane or hydrofoil to Morau or Waldihnok. The houses have been cut into rock above the line of storm wave action. Many walkways and roadways along the treacgerous beach have been cleared of gravel, well lit at night and asimplydd a very exotic touch to the locale.

Sheer drops and albatrosses

Unlike the northeastern mountain shores that are known for their tall pillars, the northwestern shores are simply 3000 ft tall, sheer drop precipices. Their height means that the sunset starts very early in the day. This cliff is dark after 2:30 pm on a balmy winter day. Just like the pillars, many cliffs have been settled.


Towards the top there are enough ledges to support the North Atlantic's only albatross population.