Fyresvatnet | |
Other Name: | Fyresvatn |
Pushpin Map: | Telemark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the lake |
Coordinates: | 59.0888°N 8.157°W |
Location: | Fyresdal Municipality, Telemark |
Type: | glacial lake |
Inflow: | Breiviksåne, Dalåni, Fardøl, Nordåi, Sitjeåi and Vikåi |
Outflow: | Fyresdalsåna |
Catchment: | 878.7km2 |
Basin Countries: | Norway |
Area: | 49.68km2 |
Depth: | 120m (390feet) |
Max-Depth: | 377m (1,237feet) |
Volume: | 5.96km3 |
Shore: | 63.41km (39.4miles) |
Elevation: | NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) |
Islands: | Øyne |
Reference: | NVE[1] |
Fyresvatnet or Fyresvatn is a lake in Fyresdal Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. With a depth of, the lake is the fifth-deepest lake in Norway. The 49.7km2 lake stretches about from the village of Kilegrend in the south to Moland in the north.[2]
At the southern end of the lake, the sides of the lake are steep and sparsely inhabited. At the north end, near Moland Church, the terrain is more open and the residential areas are more dense. This is the site of the village of Moland (the municipal centre).
Fyresvatnet belongs to the Arendal watershed, and discharges via the Fyresdalsåna river into the Nidelva river, which flows into the Skagerrak at Arendal in Agder county.