Sølensjøen

Sølensjøen in Rendalen municipality Innlandet county is part of the 46-mile Sølna river system in Norway. It is 14 km long, and the greatest depth is 58 m. With its width of 3 km, Sølensjøen has abundant populations of Arctic char, trout, grayling, whitefish, pike, burbot and perch, which has made it the locale of Norways only inland fishing village, on its north-western bank, Fiskevollen.

Sølensjøen
Lake Sølensjøen
Sølensjøen
Sølensjøen
Coordinates61°56′39″N 11°34′32″E
Max. length14 km (8.7 mi)
Max. width3 km (1.9 mi)
Surface area22.43 km2 (8.66 sq mi)
Max. depth58 m (190 ft)
Shore length142.67 km (26.51 mi)
Surface elevation688 m (2,257 ft)
ReferencesNorwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Southwest of the lake lies Mount Sølen.

References

  • "Water Net". Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate.
  • Eknæs, Åsmund (1979). Innlandsfiske (Freshwater Fish). Samlaget.
  • Frislid, Ragnar, ed. (1979). Femundsmarka og Sølentraktene. Gyldendal.
  • Jørgensen, Jan Hoff. (1987). Sølensjøfisket (Fish in the Solensjoen). Master thesis.
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