Siiddašjávri

Siiddašjávri (Northern Sami) or Sijdasjávrre (Lule Sami)^[2] or Sitasjaure (Swedish) is a lake on the border between Norway and Sweden. The lake covers an area of 71.91 square kilometres (27.76 sq mi), with 0.96 square kilometres (0.37 sq mi) of the lake in Norway (Narvik Municipality in Nordland county) and 70.95 square kilometres (27.39 sq mi) in Sweden (Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County). The name of the lake comes from the Sami languages, with the ending -jávri or -jávrre being the word for "lake".^[3]

Key Information

Siiddašjávri (Northern Sami) Sijdasjávrre (Lule Sami) Sitasjaure (Swedish)
Interactive map of the lake
Location	Gällivare, Norrbottenand Narvik, Nordland
Coordinates	68°05′48″N 17°13′43″E / 68.0968°N 17.2287°E / 68.0968; 17.2287
Basin countries	Sweden and Norway
Max. length	35 kilometres (22 mi)
Max. width	5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
Surface area	71.91 km2 (27.76 sq mi) (0.96 km2 in Norway)
Shore length1	97.27 kilometres (60.44 mi)
Surface elevation	604 metres (1,982 ft)
References	NVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
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1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-08-23.
2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
3. ^ "Sijdasjávrre" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

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