Virvatnet

Virvatnet (Norwegian), Vijriesjaevrie (Southern Sami), or Viresjávrre (Lule Sami)^[2] is a lake in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the southeastern corner of the municipality, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the mountain Bolna and less than 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the border with Sweden.^[3]

Key Information

Virvatnet (Norwegian) Viresjávrre (Lule Sami) Vijriesjaevrie (Southern Sami)
Location	Rana Municipality, Nordland
Coordinates	66°18′36″N 15°24′13″E / 66.3101°N 15.4036°E / 66.3101; 15.4036
Primary outflows	Virvasselva
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi)
Max. width	1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi)
Surface area	2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Shore length1	11.82 kilometres (7.34 mi)
Surface elevation	645 metres (2,116 ft)
References	NVE[1]
Location
Interactive map of the lake
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
Show more

1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-07.
2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
3. ^ "Virvatnet" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

This article related to a lake in Nordland in Norway is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

• v
• t
• e