Indre Sildvikvatnet

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Inner-Sildvikvatnet
Ruoidnajávri
Location Narvik, Nordland
Coordinates 68°21′56″N17°51′49″E / 68.3655°N 17.8636°E / 68.3655; 17.8636 Coordinates: 68°21′56″N17°51′49″E / 68.3655°N 17.8636°E / 68.3655; 17.8636
Basin  countries Norway
Max. length 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi)
Max. width 800 metres (2,600 ft)
Surface area 2.29 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Shore length1 8.11 kilometres (5.04 mi)
Surface elevation 654 metres (2,146 ft)
References NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Inner-Sildvikvatnet or Indre Sildvikvatnet (Northern Sami : Ruoidnajávri) is a lake in the municipality of Narvik in Nordland county, Norway. The 2.29-square-kilometre (0.88 sq mi) lake lies south of the Rombaken fjord. The lake has a dam on the northern end and the water is used for hydroelectric power production. [1]

Lake A body of relatively still water, in a basin surrounded by land

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Nordland County (fylke) of Norway

Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995.

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References

  1. Store norske leksikon. "Sildvikvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-05-25.