Øyungen

Øyungen is a lake in the municipality of Holtålen in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 6.13-square-kilometre (2.37 sq mi) lake lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southwest of the village of Hessdalen. The Forollhogna National Park surrounds the lake on three sides.^[1]

Øyungen
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Location	Holtålen, Trøndelag
Coordinates	62.7468°N 11.0530°E / 62.7468; 11.0530
Primary inflows	Gardåa
Primary outflows	Storhesja
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi)
Max. width	3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi)
Surface area	6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Shore length1	21 kilometres (13 mi)
Surface elevation	786 metres (2,579 ft)
References	NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Name

The first part of the name is øy which means "island". The last element -ungen (Old Norse: -ungr) is a common suffix in names of lakes in Norway, for instance Kaldungen (meaning "the lake with cold water"), Svartungen (meaning "the black lake", Leirungen (meaning "the lake with clay"), and Sandungen (meaning "the lake with sand"). The lake Øyungen contains several small islets.

See also

• List of lakes in Norway

References

1. "Øyungen, Holtålen (Trøndelag)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2018-01-18.