Øyungen

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Øyungen
Oyungen
Interactive map of the lake
Location Holtålen Municipality, Trøndelag
Coordinates 62°44′48″N11°03′11″E / 62.7468°N 11.0530°E / 62.7468; 11.0530
Primary inflows Gardåa
Primary outflows Storhesja
Basin  countries Norway
Max. length3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi)
Max. width3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi)
Surface area6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Shore length121 kilometres (13 mi)
Surface elevation786 metres (2,579 ft)
References NVE [1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Øyungen [2] is a lake in Holtålen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 6.13-square-kilometre (2.37 sq mi) lake lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southwest of the village of Hessdalen. The Forollhogna National Park surrounds the lake on three sides. [3]

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Name

The first part of the name is øy which means "island". The last element -ungen (Old Norse : -ungr) is a common suffix in names of lakes in Norway, for instance Kaldungen (meaning "the lake with cold water"), Svartungen (meaning "the black lake", Leirungen (meaning "the lake with clay"), and Sandungen (meaning "the lake with sand"). The lake Øyungen contains several small islets.

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References

  1. ↑ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket . Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  3. ↑ "Øyungen, Holtålen (Trøndelag)" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2025-01-04.


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