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Siiddašjávri

Coordinates: 68°05′48″N 17°13′43″E / 68.0968°N 17.2287°E / 68.0968; 17.2287
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Siiddašjávri (Northern Sami)
Sijdasjávrre (Lule Sami)
Sitasjaure (Swedish)
Location of the lake
Location of the lake
Sijdasjávrre
Location of the lake
Location of the lake
Sijdasjávrre
LocationGällivare, Norrbottenand
Narvik, Nordland
Coordinates68°05′48″N 17°13′43″E / 68.0968°N 17.2287°E / 68.0968; 17.2287
Basin countriesSweden and Norway
Max. length35 kilometres (22 mi)
Max. width5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
Surface area71.91 km2 (27.76 sq mi)
(0.96 km² in Norway)
Shore length197.27 kilometres (60.44 mi)
Surface elevation604 metres (1,982 ft)
ReferencesNVE
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

  1. ^ "Sijdasjávrre" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-05-21.