Sølensjøen

Sølensjøen

Lake Sølensjøen
Coordinates 61°56′39″N 11°34′32″E / 61.94417°N 11.57556°E / 61.94417; 11.57556
Max. length 14 km
Max. width 3 km
Surface area 22.43 km²
Max. depth 58 m
Shore length1 42.67 km
Surface elevation 688 m
References Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Sølensjøen in the Rendalen municipality is part of the 46-mile Sølna river system in Norway. It is 14 km long, and the greatest depth is 58 m. With its width of 3 km, Sølensjøen has abundant populations of Arctic char, trout, grayling, whitefish, pike, burbot and perch, which has made it the locale of Norways only inland fishing village, on its north-western bank, Fiskevollen.

Southwest of the lake lies Mount Sølen.

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