Syv Systre

Syv Systre

▪ waterfalls, Norway
also spelled  Sju Søstre , also called  Knivsflåfoss,  

      waterfalls in west-central Norway. The falls have their sources in Geit Mountain. The water flows over a high perpendicular cliff and plunges several hundred feet into Geiranger Fjord below. The name, which in English means “seven sisters,” is derived from the seven separate streams that join at the top of the falls. East of the falls, on a small plateau about 800 feet (240 metres) above the fjord, is the Knivsflå farm, which can be reached only by aerial cable car; also nearby is the Prekestolen, or Pulpit Rock, formation. The Syv Systre have made Geiranger Fjord a popular tourist attraction.

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