Totak

Totak
Location Vinje (Telemark)
Coordinates 59°46′30″N 07°42′58″E / 59.77500°N 7.71611°E / 59.77500; 7.71611Coordinates: 59°46′30″N 07°42′58″E / 59.77500°N 7.71611°E / 59.77500; 7.71611
Basin countries Norway
Surface area 36.59 km2
Max. depth 306 m
Water volume 2.36 km3
Shore length1 70.48 km
Surface elevation 687 m
References NVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Totak is a lake in the municipality of Vinje in Telemark county, Norway. The lake is part of the Skien river watershed (Skiensvassdraget), discharging via the river Tokke to lake Bandak. At 306 m Totak is the 10th deepest lake in Norway; this tremendous overdeepening marks it as a glacially formed lake with characteristics similar to a fjord. Its volume of 2.36 km3 makes it the 20th largest by volume as well.

It is part of the Tokke Hydroelectric Power Station.[1]

References and notes

  1. Totak (in Norwegian) Store Norske Leksikon, retrieved 21 March 2013

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