Songavatnet (also spelled as ''Songevatnet'' or ''Songavatn'') is a
lake in
Vinje Municipality
Vinje is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Åmot.
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in
Telemark county,
Norway. It has a surface area of and lies at an elevation of . The lake lies just south of the border of
Hardangervidda National Park and just southeast of the mountain
Vassdalseggi
Vassdalseggi is the tallest mountain in Rogaland county, Norway. The tall mountain sits on the border of the municipalities of Vinje (in Vestfold og Telemark county) and Suldal (in Rogaland county). Vassdalseggi lies in the Ryfylkeheiane mounta ...
. The villages of
Haukeli and
Edland
Edland is a village in Vinje Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located where the rivers Bora and Kjela meet, just to the east of the village of Haukeli. The European route E134 highway runs through the village. ...
are both located about to the south of the lake and the village of
Arabygdi
Arabygdi is a village in Vinje Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located in the Rauland area at the western end of the lake Totak. The Norwegian County Road 362 passes through the village, connecting it to the vi ...
lies about to the southeast of the lake. The lake flows out into the river Songa which flows to the southeast into the nearby lake
Totak.
Songavatnet has two dams: ''Trolldalsdammen'' and ''Songadammen''. Both are
rock-fill dams with a sealing core of moraine mass. The larger dam, ''Songadammen'', measures long and high. The two dams on the south end of the lake are used to regulate the surface elevation of the mountain lake so that it can be used for
hydroelectric power production. This was the largest dam in Northern Europe at the time it was completed in the 1960s. The stored energy content of the reservoir is .
Media gallery
Songavatnet from Sogadammen 1.jpg, View of the lake
Songadammen from East.jpg, Songadammen from the east
Songadammen from South.jpg, Songadammen from the south
Songadammen from West.jpg, Songadammen from the west
Songavatnet from Trolldalsdammen.jpg, View from the Trolldalsdammen
Trolldalsdammen from East.jpg, Trolldalsdammen from the east
See also
*
List of lakes in Norway
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by county.
For the geography and history of lakes in that country, see Lakes in Norway, including:
* List of largest lakes in Norway
* List of deepest lakes in Norway
Akershus
*Bjørk ...
References
Vinje
Lakes of Telemark
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