Langvatnet (Gildeskål)

Langvatnet (Norwegian) Gåddumjávrre (Lule Sami)
Interactive map of the lake
Location	Gildeskål Municipality, Nordland
Coordinates	66.9051°N 14.1607°E / 66.9051; 14.1607
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi)
Max. width	2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Surface area	3.81 km^2 (1.47 sq mi)
Shore length^1	11.51 kilometres (7.15 mi)
Surface elevation	334 metres (1,096 ft)
References	NVE[1]
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Langvatnet (Norwegian) or Gåddumjávrre  (Lule Sami)^[2] is a lake that lies in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lake is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of the municipal centre of Inndyr. It sits directly southwest of the large lake Sokumvatnet.^[3] The lake is partially supplied by discharge from the Langvann Hydroelectric Power Station^[4] and serves as a reservoir for the Sundsfjord Hydroelectric Power Station.^[5]

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 2024-09-22.
3. Store norske leksikon. "Langvatnet – innsjø i Gildeskål" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-02-17.
4. SKS produksjon: Langvann. Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
5. SKS produksjon: Sundsfjord. Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine