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Leirvatnet | |
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![]() Leirvatnet Lake | |
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Location | Sørfold in Nordland and Jokkmokk in Norrbotten |
Coordinates | 67°17′28″N16°14′51″E / 67.2910°N 16.2476°E |
Basin countries | Norway and Sweden |
Max. length | 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) |
Max. width | 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) |
Surface area | 2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi) (2.51 km² in Norway) |
Shore length1 | 7.72 kilometres (4.80 mi) |
Surface elevation | 826 metres (2,710 ft) |
References | NVE [1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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