Slidrefjord

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
Slidrefjorden
View of the lake
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Location	Vestre Slidre Municipality, Innlandet
Coordinates	61°05′35″N 08°57′48″E
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi)
Max. width	1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi)
Surface area	11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Max. depth	76 metres (249 ft)
Shore length1	46.34 kilometres (28.79 mi)
Surface elevation	366 metres (1,201 ft)
References	NVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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]

See also

• List of lakes in Norway

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. Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (10 October 2021). "Slidrefjorden". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 August 2022.