Nordre Bjøllåvatnet (Norwegian) or Bajep Ruovdajávrre (Lule Sami)[2] is a lake that lies in Saltdal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 9.93-square-kilometre (3.83 sq mi) lake is located inside Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the border with Beiarn Municipality and north of the border with Rana Municipality. The lake flows out through the river Bjøllåga and ultimately into the river Ranelva.[3]
| Nordre Bjøllåvatnet (Norwegian) Bajep Ruovdajávrre (Lule Sami) | |
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 Interactive map of the lake | |
| Location | Saltdal Municipality, Nordland |
| Coordinates | 66°49′36″N 15°02′34″E / 66.8268°N 15.0428°E |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) |
| Surface area | 9.93 km2 (3.83 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 706 metres (2,316 ft) |
| References | NVE[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Nordre Bjøllåvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-03-27.
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