🏞️ Junkerdalen

Junkerdalen or Juŋŋkárvuobme (Lule Sami) is a valley in Saltdal Municipality in Nordland county. It is a side valley to the main Saltdalen valley. The Junkerdalen valley begins at the village of Storjord from where it stretches in a south-easterly direction towards Graddis and the national border with Sweden. The beginning of Junkerdalen is a narrow gorge called Junkerdalsura, where Junkerdalselva flows into waterfalls and rapids before it joins with Lønselva and after this, it is called Saltdalselva. The side valleys Tjårrisdalen and Skaitidalen go out from Junkerdalen in a northerly direction. Up in the valley, Graddiselva and Skaitielva flow together, and from here the river is called Junkerdalselva. Between Tjårrisdalen and Junkerdalsura lies the village of Junkerdal.