Vangsvatnet

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Vangsvatnet
Location Voss (Hordaland)
Coordinates 60°36′48″N 6°22′52″E / 60.61333°N 6.38111°E / 60.61333; 6.38111Coordinates: 60°36′48″N 6°22′52″E / 60.61333°N 6.38111°E / 60.61333; 6.38111
Basin countries Norway
Surface area 7.69 km²
Shore length1 19.57 km
Surface elevation 47 m
References NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
Vangsvatnet as seen from Voss

Vangsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Voss in Hordaland county, Norway. The lake is used for various water based extreme sports activities like Kite surfing and boat dragged paragliding. The Vosso River flows through both Vangsvatnet and Evangervatnet before it empties into Bolstadfjord by the village of Bolstadøyri. Vangsvatnet is named after the place Vangen - the center and old churchsite of Voss. The last element is the finite form of vatn, meaning lake.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Norwegian-English Dictionary: A Pronouncing and Translating Dictionary of Modern Norwegian (1974) by Einar Haugen. University of Wisconsin Press)


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