Slidrefjord
Slidrefjorden
View of the lake
Slidrefjord is located in Innlandet
Slidrefjord
Slidrefjord
Location of the lake
Slidrefjord is located in Norway
Slidrefjord
Slidrefjord
Slidrefjord (Norway)
LocationVestre Slidre Municipality, Innlandet
Coordinates61°05′35″N 08°57′48″E / 61.09306°N 8.96333°E / 61.09306; 8.96333
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi)
Max. width1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi)
Surface area11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Max. depth76 metres (249 ft)
Shore length146.34 kilometres (28.79 mi)
Surface elevation366 metres (1,201 ft)
ReferencesNVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Slidrefjord or Slidrefjorden (English: Slidre Fjord[2][3]) is a lake that lies in Vestre Slidre Municipality (and the far northwestern end of the lake lies in Vang Municipality) in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is not an actual fjord, just a lake that is part of the Begna river watershed.[4]

Slidrefjord has a surface area of 11.4 square kilometres (4.4 sq mi) and a shore length of 46.34 kilometres (28.79 mi). The lake sits at an elevation of 366 metres (1,201 ft) above sea level. The European route E16 highway runs along the northern shore of the lake.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ Smith, Hubert (1874). Tent Life with English Gipsies in Norway. London: Henry S. King & Co. p. 444.
  3. ^ Spurkland, Terje (2005). Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions. Translated by van der Hoek, Betsy. Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press. p. 42.
  4. ^ a b Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (10 October 2021). "Slidrefjorden". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 August 2022.


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