Leirvatnet (Sørfold)

Leirvatnet^[2] is a lake located on the border between Norway and Sweden. The majority of the 2.57-square-kilometre (0.99 sq mi) lake lies in Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway, and the remaining 0.06 square kilometres (15 acres) of the lake are located in Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The lake lies at one end of the large Blåmannsisen glacier.^[3]

Leirvatnet
Leirvatnet Lake
Interactive map of the lake
Location	Sørfold in Nordland and Jokkmokk in Norrbotten
Coordinates	67.2910°N 16.2476°E / 67.2910; 16.2476
Basin countries	Norway and Sweden
Max. length	3 kilometres (1.9 mi)
Max. width	1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
Surface area	2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi) (2.51 km² in Norway)
Shore length1	7.72 kilometres (4.80 mi)
Surface elevation	826 metres (2,710 ft)
References	NVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

See also

• List of lakes in Norway
• Geography of Norway

References

1. "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-07.
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
3. "Leirvatnet" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-04-10.