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Grønvatnet
Grønvatnet is a lake in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake lies within the Tafjordfjella mountain range, about north of the village of Grotli. The mountain lake lies in a low area surrounded by mountains, just west of Vulueggi, north of Krosshø, and south of Tordsnose. See also *List of lakes in Norway This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by Counties of Norway, county. For the geography and history of lakes in that country, see Lakes in Norway, including: *Lakes in Norway#Largest lakes, List of largest lakes in Norway *L ... References Skjåk Lakes of Innlandet {{Innlandet-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skjåk Municipality
Skjåk is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bismo. Most of the municipal residents live in the Billingsdalen and Ottadalen valleys along the river Otta (river), Otta. The local newspaper is named ''Fjuken''. The municipality is the 33rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Skjåk is the 271st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,147. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 5.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Skjåk was established on 1 January 1866 when the large Lom,_Norway, Lom Municipality was divided and the western part of the municipality (population: 2,691) became the new Skjåk Municipality (historically spelled ''Skiaker Municipality''). The eastern pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tafjordfjella
Tafjordfjella or Tafjordfjellene () is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties, Norway. It is located in the municipalities of Fjord, Stranda, Rauma, and Skjåk. The area takes its name from the village of Tafjord and the Tafjorden, the main entry point. The highest peaks are Puttegga at , Karitinden at , Tordsnose at , and Høgstolen at . Lakes in the area include Tordsvatnet, Veltdalsvatnet, Zakariasdammen, and Grønvatnet Grønvatnet is a lake in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake lies within the Tafjordfjella mountain range, about north of the village of Grotli. The mountain lake lies in a low area surrounded by mountains, just west of .... Part of the range is included inside Reinheimen National Park. The Norwegian Trekking Association has the cabins called Reindalsseter, Pyttbua, Veltdalshytta, Vakkerstøylen, and Danskehytta. The western part of the area has since 1923 been extensively developed for hydro-elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulueggi
Vulueggi is a mountain ridge in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Tafjordfjella mountains and inside the Reinheimen National Park, about northeast of the village of Grotli. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Tordsnose to the north, Veltdalseggi and Benkehøa to the northeast, Høggøymen to the east, and Krosshø to the west. The mountain ridge has a number of peaks, three of which have a prominence of more than . The highest of these lies approximately in the middle of Vulueggi, and has a height of above sea level. In the north, east of Grønvatnet, there is a peak of and in the south is a third peak reaching . The two southernmost of the three peaks form border points for the Reinheimen National Park. A small glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tordsnose
Tordsnose is a mountain in Norway. The tall mountain lies on the border of Fjord Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county) and Skjåk Municipality (in Innlandet county). It sits in the Tafjordfjella mountain range and within Reinheimen National Park, about southwest of Karitinden and south of Puttegga. The lake Grønvatnet sits south of the mountain and the lake Tordsvatnet lies straight east of the mountain. Other mountains surrounding it include Veltdalseggi to the east and Vulueggi Vulueggi is a mountain ridge in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Tafjordfjella mountains and inside the Reinheimen National Park, about northeast of the village of Grotli. The mountain is ... and Krosshø to the south. See also * List of mountains of Norway References Mountains of Møre og Romsdal Fjord (municipality) Skjåk One-thousanders of Norway {{MøreRomsdal-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lakes In Norway
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by Counties of Norway, county. For the geography and history of lakes in that country, see Lakes in Norway, including: *Lakes in Norway#Largest lakes, List of largest lakes in Norway *Lakes in Norway#Deepest lakes, List of deepest lakes in Norway Akershus *Bjørkelangen (lake), Bjørkelangen *Bogstadvannet *Dælivannet *Engervannet *Hallangen *Hurdalsjøen *Lyseren *Mangen *Mjøsa *Øgderen *Østernvann *Øyangen (Gran) *Øyeren *Rødenessjøen *Setten Aust-Agder *Åraksfjorden *Blåsjø *Botnsvatnet *Botsvatn *Breidvatn *Byglandsfjorden *Fisstøylvatnet *Grøssæ *Gyvatn *Hartevatnet *Herefossfjorden *Holmavatnet (Vinje), Holmavatnet *Holmevatnet *Homstølvatnet *Hovatn *Høvringsvatnet *Kilefjorden *Kolsvatnet *Kvifjorden *Longerakvatnet *Måvatn *Myklevatnet *Nasvatn *Nelaug (lake), Nelaug *Nesvatn *Nystølfjorden *Ogge *Ormsavatnet *Østre Grimevann *Øyarvatnet *Ramvatn *Reinevatn *Rore (lake), Rore *Rosskreppfj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skjåk
Skjåk is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bismo. Most of the municipal residents live in the Billingsdalen and Ottadalen valleys along the river Otta. The local newspaper is named '' Fjuken''. The municipality is the 33rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Skjåk is the 271st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,147. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 5.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Skjåk was established on 1 January 1866 when the large Lom Municipality was divided and the western part of the municipality (population: 2,691) became the new Skjåk Municipality (historically spelled ''Skiaker Municipality''). The eastern part of the municipality (population: 3,299) remained as Lom Municipality. Name The muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken (Norwegian county), Viken on the same date). The new county has an area of , making it the largest county in Norway after the division of the old Troms og Finnmark county in 2024. The region was known as Opplandene or Opplanda since the middle ages. Historically part of Akershus, Oplandene County existed from 1757 to 1781, when it was divided into Christians County and Hedemarken County, also known as Western and Eastern Oplandene. In 1919 the two counties were renamed Oppland and Hedmark, and in 2020 they were again merged under the name Innlandet (with the exception of Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality, which went to the new county of Viken (county), Viken). This present name is a newly constructed name with no historical basi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Water Resources And Energy Directorate
The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate ( or NVE) is a Norwegian government agency established in 1921. It is under the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and regulates the country's water resources and energy supply. Its mandate includes contingency planning for floods, serving as a centre of expertise for hydrology, research and development, and increasing energy efficiency. It is a member of the Council of European Energy Regulators. The directorate is based in Oslo and has regional offices in Hamar, Førde, Tønsberg, Trondheim, and Narvik. It also establishes international contacts and undertakes work abroad in developing countries for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. , it had over 400 employees. Its website includes statistics on Norwegian energy consumption, production, and prices and a database of Norwegian lakes and water catchment areas. The directorate is administratively responsible for the Watercourse Regulation Act (1917), Indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from the ocean, although they may be connected with the ocean by rivers. Lakes, as with other bodies of water, are part of the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Most lakes are fresh water and account for almost all the world's surface freshwater, but some are salt lakes with salinities even higher than that of seawater. Lakes vary significantly in surface area and volume of water. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which are also water-filled basins on land, although there are no official definitions or scientific criteria distinguishing the two. Lakes are also distinct from lagoons, which are generally shallow tidal pools dammed by sandbars or other material at coastal regions of ocean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grotli
Grotli is a village in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Billingsdalen valley at the east end of the lake Breiddalsvatnet, about west of the village of Bismo. The area has a hotel and skiing centre as well as a few permanent residents and a number of holiday cottages. The Norwegian National Road 15 Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *Norwegian language, including the two ... runs through the village. References Skjåk Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krosshø
Krosshø is a mountain in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Tafjordfjella mountains, about north of the village of Grotli. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Hellstugueggi to the northwest, Tordsnose to the north, and Vulueggi Vulueggi is a mountain ridge in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Tafjordfjella mountains and inside the Reinheimen National Park, about northeast of the village of Grotli. The mountain is ... to the east. The lake Breiddalsvatnet lies just south of the mountain. See also * List of mountains of Norway References Skjåk Mountains of Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
