Ellenvatnet
Lake in Sør-Varanger, Norway
69°07′12″N 28°54′00″E / 69.1200°N 28.90°E / 69.1200; 28.90Ellenvatnet (Norwegian), Ealjejávri (Northern Sami), or Ellijärvi (Kven)[2] is a lake located Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The lake has an area of 10.93-square-kilometre (4.22 sq mi).[3]
The lake is located within Øvre Pasvik National Park, just northwest of the lake Ødevatnet. Ellenvatnet is the park's largest lake, located centrally in the park and is drained from the north through the river Ellenelva. Ellenvatnet is shallow and has a long and crooked shoreline with a large number of small islands. It has two enclosed bays to the south, Parvatn and Skinnposevatn.[4] From Parvatnet a short river leads up to Grenseparvatnet (Kertusjärvi) at the border with Finland.
See also
References
- ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Innsjødatabase: Ellenvatnet". NVE Atlas. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE). Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ Ryvarden, Leif (2007). Norges nasjonalparker: Stabbursdalen, Øvre Pasvik og Øvre Anárjohka (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. pp. 50–51. ISBN 9788205376380.
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