Mykle is a lake in the municipality of
Kongsberg
Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...
in
Viken county
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*Viken, Scandinavia, a historical region
*Viken (county), a Norwegian county established in 2020
*Viken, Sweden, a bimunicipal locality in Skåne County, Sweden
*Viken (lake), a lake in Sweden, part of the part of the Göta cana ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
.
Mykle is located below
Bonden mountain near the border with
Telemark
Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...
. Mykle is part of the
Siljan watershed (''Siljanvassdraget'') formed by rivers with headwaters at
Skrimfjella which flow into
Farris lake at
Larvik. The watershed is developed with four power stations and was protected against further development in 1973. Mykle offers trout and perch fishing.
See also
*
List of lakes in Norway
References
Lakes of Viken (county)
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