Krutvatnet

Krutvatnet (Norwegian)
Kruvhtegenjaevrie (Southern Sami)
Map
Interactive map of the lake
LocationHattfjelldal Municipality, Nordland
Coordinates65°41′51″N 14°23′05″E / 65.6975°N 14.3848°E / 65.6975; 14.3848
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi)
Max. width2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi)
Surface area9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Shore length123.4 kilometres (14.5 mi)
Surface elevation586 metres (1,923 ft)
ReferencesNVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Krutvatnet (Norwegian) or Kruvhtegenjaevrie (Southern Sami)[2] is a lake in Hattfjelldal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It lies about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) east of the lake Røsvatnet and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the border with Sweden. The Norwegian National Road 73 runs on the southern shore of the lake on its way from the village of Hattfjelldal to the village of Tärnaby in Sweden.[3] The word krut means gunpowder in Norwegian and Swedish, but the name does not come from that, but is a loan from the Sami name.

  1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Krutvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-11-16.