Flakavatnet
Flakavatnet is located in Vestland
Flakavatnet
Flakavatnet
Location of the lake
Flakavatnet is located in Viken (county)
Flakavatnet
Flakavatnet
Flakavatnet (Viken (county))
Flakavatnet is located in Norway
Flakavatnet
Flakavatnet
Flakavatnet (Norway)
LocationUlvik, Vestland and Hol, Viken
Coordinates60°38′50″N 7°35′22″E / 60.6471°N 7.5895°E / 60.6471; 7.5895
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi)
Max. width2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi)
Surface area3.43 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Shore length116.47 kilometres (10.23 mi)
Surface elevation1,453 metres (4,767 ft)
ReferencesNVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Flakavatnet is an alpine lake on the border of Vestland and Viken counties in Norway. The 3.43-square-kilometre (1.32 sq mi) lake lies in the municipalities of Ulvik (in Vestland) and Hol (in Viken) and the lake lies entirely within the Hallingskarvet National Park. The village of Finse lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the lake.[1]

The lake is one of the largest lakes in Europe that lies in the transition to the high-alpine zone, where vegetation is minimal or absent and influence of permanent snow patches and glaciers are evident.

See also

References

  1. "Flakavatnet" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2014-05-25.


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