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Tunnsjøen (Norwegian) or Dåtnejaevrie (Southern Sami) is a lake in Røyrvik Municipality and Lierne Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 100.18-square-kilometre (38.68 sq mi) lake lies just south of the large lake Limingen, and just west of the border with Sweden. It is 358 m (1,175 ft) above sea level and has a volume of 8.816 km3 (2.115 cu mi). The deepest part of the lake is 222 m (728 ft) deep. It is the seventh largest lake in Norway.
The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point. It can be calculated for small hills and islands as well as for major mountain peaks and can even be calculated for submarine summits. Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, has an undefined isolation, since there are no higher points to reference.
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- ↑ Allen, C.D. (2017). Landscapes and Landforms of the Lesser Antilles. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319557878 . Retrieved 2018-11-09.