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Bessvatnet is a glacial lake in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 4.7-square-kilometre (1.8 sq mi) lake is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range and also inside the Jotunheimen National Park. The lake lies just east of the mountain Besshø. The lake Bessvatnet is known to everyone that has hiked the Besseggen ridge, as the narrow mountain ridge runs between the southern end of the dark blue lake Bessvatnet on one side of the ridge and the green lake Gjende lies below the other side of the ridge.[2]
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 Bessvatnet to the right. Gjende is the lake to the left. | |
  Bessvatnet Location of the lake  Bessvatnet Bessvatnet (Norway) | |
| Location | Vågå Municipality, Innlandet |
| Coordinates | 61°31′23″N 8°46′32″E |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) |
| Max. width | 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) |
| Surface area | 4.6953 km2 (1.8129 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 102 metres (335 ft) |
| Shore length1 | 13.31 kilometres (8.27 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 1,373 metres (4,505 ft) |
| References | NVE[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Name
Bessvatnet is named after the river Bessa. The last element is the finite form of vatn which means 'water' or 'lake'. The name of the river is derived from Old Norse word bersi which means 'bear' thus the river name means 'Bear river'.[2]
See also
- List of lakes in Norway
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References
- "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (8 June 2020). "Bessvatnet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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На других языках
[de] Bessvatnet
Der Bessvatnet ist ein See in der Kommune Vågå, Fylke Innlandet in Norwegen. Er liegt auf einer Höhe von 1.373 Meter.- [en] Bessvatnet
[fr] Bessvatnet
Bessvatnet est un lac situé dans les montagnes de Jotunheimen, dans le comté d'Oppland, au sud de la Norvège. Il est séparé du lac Gjende par une petite corniche rocheuse, faisant partie de Besseggen. La traversée de Besseggen est l'un des sentiers de randonnée les plus populaires de Norvège, et la vue combinée de Bessvatnet et Gjende constitue l'un des paysages les plus photographiés du pays.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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