Majavatnet

*Majavatnet* (Norwegian)
*Maajehjaevrie* (Southern Sami)
Majavatnet (Norwegian); Maajehjaevrie (Southern Sami)
	Interactive map of the lake
Location	Grane Municipality, Nordland
Coordinates	65°10′01″N 13°18′35″E / 65.1670°N 13.3098°E
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi)
Max. width	4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi)
Surface area	16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Shore length1	50.37 kilometres (31.30 mi)
Surface elevation	310 metres (1,020 ft)
References	NVE
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
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Majavatnet (Norwegian) or Maajehjaevrie (Southern Sami)^[2] is a lake in Grane Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 16.6-square-kilometre (6.4 sq mi) lake lies just west of Børgefjell National Park in southern Grane. The village of Majavatn lies on the eastern shore of the lake. The European route E6 highway and the Nordland Line railway both run along the eastern shore of the lake.^[3]

References

^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-10-21.
^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
^ Store norske leksikon. "Majavatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-11-28.

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