Lake in Nordland, Norway
Makkvatnet (Norwegian) Suoksavuomjávrre (Lule Sami) | |
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Location | Steigen and Hamarøy, Nordland |
Coordinates | 67°50′20″N 15°49′30″E / 67.8390°N 15.8250°E / 67.8390; 15.8250 |
Basin countries | Norway |
Max. length | 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) |
Max. width | 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) |
Surface area | 3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi) |
Shore length1 | 9.35 kilometres (5.81 mi) |
Surface elevation | 117 metres (384 ft) |
References | NVE |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Makkvatnet (Norwegian) or Suoksavuomjávrre (Lule Sami) is a lake that lies on the border of the municipalities of Steigen and Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. The 3.02-square-kilometre (1.17 sq mi) lake lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the European route E6 highway in Hamarøy.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Makkvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-04-25.