Arstaddalsdammen

Arstaddalsdammen
Interactive map of the lake
Location	Beiarn Municipality, Nordland
Coordinates	66.9003°N 14.3775°E / 66.9003; 14.3775
Basin countries	Norway
Built	1960s
Max. length	4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi)
Max. width	1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
Surface area	2.54 km^2 (0.98 sq mi)
Shore length^1	9.66 kilometres (6.00 mi)
Surface elevation	340 metres (1,120 ft)
References	NVE[1]
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Arstaddalsdammen^[2] is a lake that lies in Beiarn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of the village of Moldjord. The 2.54-square-kilometre (0.98 sq mi) lake lies in the southern end of the Arstaddal valley, and it has a dam on the northern end. The dam was built in the 1960s. The water from the lake is piped to the nearby lake Sokumvatnet in Gildeskål Municipality.^[3] The lake serves as a reservoir for the Sundsfjord Hydroelectric Power Station.^[4]

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 2024-09-23.
3. "Arstaddalsdammen" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
4. "SKS produksjon: Sundsfjord". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-28.