Reinoksvatnet (original) (raw)

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Lake in Nordland, Norway

Reinoksvatnet (Norwegian)Hierggejávrre (Lule Sami)
MapInteractive map of the lake
Location Hamarøy Municipality, Nordland
Coordinates 67°40′56″N 16°25′00″E / 67.6822°N 16.4167°E / 67.6822; 16.4167
Basin countries Norway
Max. length 12 kilometres (7.5 mi)
Max. width 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Surface area 11.77 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Shore length1 31.6 kilometres (19.6 mi)
Surface elevation 680 metres (2,230 ft)
References NVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Reinoksvatnet (Norwegian) or Hierggejávrre (Lule Sami)[2] (lit. 'Reindeer Lake') is a lake in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the village of Mørsvikbotn and less than 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the border with Sweden.[3]

  1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Reinoksvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-05-03.