Ryfylke

Ryfylke is a traditional district in the northeastern part of Rogaland county, Norway. The 4,546-rectangular-kilometre district is placed northeast of the metropolis of Stavanger and east of the metropolis of Haugesund and it encompasses approximately 60% of the county's place. It consists of the mainland placed northeast and east of the Boknafjorden and east of the Hogsfjorden. It additionally consists of the islands located on the south facet of the Boknafjorden.

To the east, Ryfylke borders the districts of Setesdal and Sirdal, to the south is Jaeren, and to the west is Haugalandet. Ryfylke is one of the 15 districts in Western Norway. Ryfylke comprises the contemporary municipalities of Sauda, Suldal, Finnoy, Hjelmeland, Forsand, Strand, Kvitsoy, and Rennesoy. There are no large towns in Ryfylke, however there are two major towns, Sauda and Jorpeland. Scenic points of interest consist of the sector-famous sights of the Lysefjord with the mountain Preikestolen Pulpit Rock and the mountain Kjerag.

The panorama of Ryfylke is characterised by excessive mountains within the indoors; the best and wildest are located inside the north and are fashioned with the aid of difficult, igneous rock. At Haukalivatnet lake near Lysefjorden there may be a awesome stop moraine possibly created with the aid of a prehistoric glacier. This moraine led professor Jens Esmark in 1824 to formulate the theory of an ice age over Scandinavia and different parts of the arena. Esmark believed that climate changes because of the adjustments of the Earth's orbit caused ice ages.