Sysenvatnet
Sysenvatnet (English: Lake Sysen)[1] is a lake in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway. The 10.24-square-kilometre (3.95 sq mi) lake lies at the north end of the Sysendalen valley, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of the famous Vøringfossen waterfall. The lake is dammed on the south end by a large stone embankment, and the lake is used as the main reservoir for the Sima Hydroelectric Power Station. The Sysen Dam can easily be seen from Norwegian National Road 7, which runs near the southern shore of the lake.[2]
| Sysenvatnet | |
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 View of the dam at the south end of the lake | |
  Sysenvatnet Location of the lake  Sysenvatnet Sysenvatnet (Norway) | |
| Location | Eidfjord, Vestland |
| Coordinates | 60.4176°N 7.4188°E |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) |
| Max. width | 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) |
| Surface area | 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 17.27 kilometres (10.73 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 940 metres (3,080 ft) |
| References | NVE |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
See also
- List of lakes in Norway
References
- Hillestad, Knute Ove (1988). Sysendammen og landskapet (PDF). Oslo: Norges vassdrags- og energiverk. p. 24. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- Store norske leksikon. "Sysenvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-05-30.
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