Siiddašjávri
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Siiddašjávri (Northern Sami) Sijdasjávrre (Lule Sami) Sitasjaure (Swedish) | |
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Location | Gällivare, Norrbottenand Narvik, Nordland |
Coordinates | 68°05′48″N 17°13′43″E / 68.0968°N 17.2287°E / 68.0968; 17.2287 |
Basin countries | Sweden and Norway |
Max. length | 35 kilometres (22 mi) |
Max. width | 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) |
Surface area | 71.91 km2 (27.76 sq mi) (0.96 km² in Norway) |
Shore length1 | 97.27 kilometres (60.44 mi) |
Surface elevation | 604 metres (1,982 ft) |
References | NVE |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Siiddašjávri (Northern Sami) or Sijdasjávrre (Lule Sami) or Sitasjaure (Swedish) is a lake on the border between Norway and Sweden. The lake covers an area of 71.91 square kilometres (27.76 sq mi), with 0.96 square kilometres (0.37 sq mi) of the lake in Norway (Narvik Municipality in Nordland county) and 70.95 square kilometres (27.39 sq mi) in Sweden (Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County). The name of the lake comes from the Sami languages, with the ending -jávri or -jávrre being the word for "lake".[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Sijdasjávrre" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
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