Gjende

Gjende
Lake Gjende to the left, as seen from Besseggen, looking in the direction of Memurubu and Gjendebu. Lake Bessvatnet to the right.
Gjende is located in Innlandet
Gjende
Gjende
Location of the lake
Gjende is located in Norway
Gjende
Gjende
Gjende (Norway)
LocationVågå Municipality, Innlandet
Coordinates61°29′22″N 08°40′48″E / 61.48944°N 8.68000°E / 61.48944; 8.68000
Typeglacier mountain lake
Primary inflowsRiver Muru
Primary outflowsRiver Sjoa
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length18 km (11 mi)
Max. width1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Surface area15.64 km2 (6.04 sq mi)
Average depth64 m (210 ft)
Max. depth149 m (489 ft)
Water volume1 km3 (0.24 cu mi)
Shore length140.32 km (25.05 mi)
Surface elevation983.7 m (3,227 ft)
ReferencesNVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Gjende or Gjendin is a lake in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range and also inside Jotunheimen National Park. The proglacial lake shows typical characteristics of glacial formation, being long and narrow, with steep walls. The lake is 18 kilometres (11 mi) in length and only 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) in width at the broadest point. Gjende has a characteristic light-green color resulting from the large quantity of rock flour which is discharged into the Gjende by the Muru river. The river Sjoa provides the outlet from Gjende at Gjendesheim, and flows eastward into the Gudbrandsdalslågen river.[2]

Gjende lies in the middle of Jotunheimen National Park and both to the north and south of the lake lie peaks with elevations reaching greater than 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). There are numerous staffed tourist cabins maintained by the Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (DNT); in the west end lies Gjendebu, on the north side lies Memurubu and on the east end lies Gjendesheim. In the summer boats provide transport between these locations.

Gjende and other nearby lakes.
  1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (7 November 2021). "Gjende". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 May 2022.