Siiddašjávri
| Siiddašjávri (Northern Sami) Sijdasjávrre (Lule Sami) Sitasjaure (Swedish) | |
|---|---|
  Sijdasjávrre Location of the lake  Sijdasjávrre Sijdasjávrre (Norway) | |
| Location | Gällivare, Norrbottenand Narvik, Nordland |
| Coordinates | 68°05′48″N 17°13′43″E / 68.0968°N 17.2287°E |
| 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. Only 0.96 square kilometres (0.37 sq mi) of the 71.91-square-kilometre (27.76 sq mi) lake lies in Norway and the vast majority of the lake lies in Sweden. The Norwegian side is located in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county. The Swedish side is located in 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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