Kjelvatnet (Fauske)

Kjelvatnet (Norwegian) Giebbnejávrre (Lule Sami)
Interactive map of the lake
Location	Fauske Municipality, Nordland
Coordinates	67.0645°N 16.0296°E / 67.0645; 16.0296
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi)
Max. width	2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Surface area	3.85 km^2 (1.49 sq mi)
Shore length^1	16.23 kilometres (10.08 mi)
Surface elevation	510 metres (1,670 ft)
References	NVE[1]
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Kjelvatnet (Norwegian) or Giebbnejávrre (Lule Sami)^[2] is a lake in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 3.85-square-kilometre (1.49 sq mi) lake lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the village of Sulitjelma near the border with Junkerdal National Park. Water flows into the lake from the large lake Balvatnet (in Saltdal Municipality) and it flows out of the lake to the north along the Balmi River to the lake Langvatnet.^[3]

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 2024-09-08.
3. Store norske leksikon. "Kjelvatnet – i Fauske" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-04-02.