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Lake in Røros, Norway

Feragen
View of the Feragen farm and lake (c. 1911)
MapInteractive map of the lake
Location Røros Municipality, Trøndelag
Coordinates 62°29′27″N 11°52′54″E / 62.4907°N 11.8818°E / 62.4907; 11.8818
Primary outflows Feragselva river
Catchment area Glommadal
Basin countries Norway
Max. length 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
Max. width 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)
Surface area 15.78 km2 (6.09 sq mi)
Shore length1 37.63 kilometres (23.38 mi)
Surface elevation 654 metres (2,146 ft)
References NVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Feragen[2] is a lake in Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 15.78-square-kilometre (6.09 sq mi) lake is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the town of Røros. The lake flows out into the lake Håsjøen and the Håelva river. There is a canal connecting the lake Feragen to the nearby lake Femunden.[3]

The village of Feragen is a very small village situated at the northern end of the lake, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of the village of Brekken.

  1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Feragen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-02-25.