Båvrojávrre

*Båvrojávrre* (Lule Sami)
Båvrojávrre (Lule Sami)
Historic spelling: Bovrojávri (Lule Sami)
	Interactive map of the lake
Location	Narvik Municipality, Nordland; Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten
Coordinates	68.0440°N 16.9688°E
Basin countries	Norway and Sweden
Max. length	8 kilometres (5.0 mi)
Max. width	1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi)
Surface area	6.08 km2 (2.35 sq mi); (5.47 km2 in Norway)
Shore length1	25.33 kilometres (15.74 mi)
Surface elevation	686 metres (2,251 ft)
References	NVE
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Båvrojávrre^[1] is a lake that lies on the border between Norway and Sweden. Most of the 6.08-square-kilometre (2.35 sq mi) lake lies in Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county. Only 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi) of the lake lies in Sweden in Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County. The lake Baugevatnet lies just to the north. The ending -jávrre is the Lule Sami word for lake.^[3]

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[1]
"Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
[2]
"Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-08-23.
[3]
"Båvrojávrre" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-05-11.

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Båvrojávrre (Lule Sami)
Historic spelling: Bovrojávri (Lule Sami)^[1]
Interactive map of the lake
Location	Narvik Municipality, Nordland Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten
Coordinates	68.0440°N 16.9688°E / 68.0440; 16.9688
Basin countries	Norway and Sweden

Max. length	8 kilometres (5.0 mi)
Max. width	1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi)
Surface area	6.08 km² (2.35 sq mi) (5.47 km² in Norway)
Shore length¹	25.33 kilometres (15.74 mi)
Surface elevation	686 metres (2,251 ft)

References	NVE^[2]
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.