Øvre Tysdalsvatnet

Øvre Tysdalsvatnet
Øvra Tyssdalsvatnet[1]
LocationHjelmeland Municipality, Rogaland
Coordinates59°09′41″N 6°20′06″E / 59.16144°N 6.33502°E / 59.16144; 6.33502
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length12 kilometres (7.5 mi)
Max. width800 metres (0.50 mi)
Surface area8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi)
Shore length127 kilometres (17 mi)
Surface elevation67 metres (220 ft)
ReferencesNVE[2]
Location
Interactive map of Øvre Tysdalsvatnet
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Øvre Tysdalsvatnet[1] is a lake in Hjelmeland Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.[3] The 9-square-kilometre (3.5 sq mi) lake lies on the east side of the village of Årdal. The 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) long lake is only about 800 metres (0.5 mi) wide and it has a fairly steep shoreline, which results in very little habitation around the lake.

Name

The name "Øvre" Tysdalsvatnet means "upper" Tysdalsvatnet to distinguish it from the lake Tysdalsvatnet located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the southwest.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  2. ^ "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  3. ^ "Øvre Tysdalsvatnet, Hjelmeland (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-01-25.