Vangsvatnet
Vangsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Voss in Vestland county, Norway. The 7.69-square-kilometre (2.97 sq mi) lake lies in the central part of the municipality, on the southwestern shore of the municipal centre of Vossevangen. The Vosso River flows through both Vangsvatnet and the lake Evangervatnet before it empties into Bolstadfjorden by the village of Bolstadøyri to the west.[1]
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  Vangsvatnet Location of the lake  Vangsvatnet Vangsvatnet (Norway) | |
| Location | Voss, Vestland |
| Coordinates | 60°36′48″N 6°22′52″E |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) |
| Surface area | 7.69 km2 (2.97 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 19.57 kilometres (12.16 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 47 metres (154 ft) |
| Settlements | Vossevangen |
| References | NVE |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The lake is used for various water-based extreme sports activities like Kite surfing and boat dragged paragliding. Other activities include paddleboarding, windsurfing and canoeing with Voss Flow. Vangsvatnet is named after the place Vangen—the municipal center and old churchsite of Voss. The last element is the finite form of vatn, meaning lake.[2] European route E16 and the Bergen Line both run along the northern shore of the lake.
See also
References
- Store norske leksikon. "Vangsvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- Norwegian-English Dictionary: A Pronouncing and Translating Dictionary of Modern Norwegian (1974) by Einar Haugen. University of Wisconsin Press)