Virvatnet
Lake in Rana, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Virvatnet (Norwegian) or Viresjávrre (Lule Sami) is a lake in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the southeastern corner of the municipality, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the mountain Bolna and less than 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the border with Sweden.[1]
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Virvatnet (Norwegian) Viresjávrre (Lule Sami) | |
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Location | Rana, Nordland |
Coordinates | 66.3101°N 15.4036°E / 66.3101; 15.4036 |
Primary outflows | Virvasselva |
Basin countries | Norway |
Max. length | 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) |
Max. width | 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) |
Surface area | 2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
Shore length1 | 11.82 kilometres (7.34 mi) |
Surface elevation | 645 metres (2,116 ft) |
References | NVE |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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