Þórisvatn
Þórisvatn is the largest lake of Iceland, situated at the south end of the Sprengisandur plateau within the highlands of Iceland. It is a reservoir with a surface area of about 88 km to 86 km2 with the construction of the power station and was previously only the second largest lake in the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Iceland
- Also known as: “Torisvatn” and “Þóris Lake”
Þórisvatn
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Ásahreppur, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Þórisvatn” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Таўрысватн”
- Catalan: “Þórisvatn”
- Cebuano: “Þórisvatn”
- Chinese: “索里斯湖”
- Chuvash: “Тоурисватн”
- Croatian: “Þórisvatn”
- Czech: “Þórisvatn”
- Danish: “Þórisvatn”
- Dutch: “Thorisvatn”
- Dutch: “Þórisvatn”
- Esperanto: “Þorisvatn”
- Esperanto: “Þórisvatn”
- French: “Thorisvatn”
- French: “Thórisvatn”
- French: “Þorisvatn”
- French: “Þórisvatn”
- Georgian: “თოურისვათნი”
- Georgian: “თოურისვატნი”
- German: “Thorisvatn”
- German: “Þórisvatn”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Θορισβάτν”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Θόρισβατν”
- Hebrew: “אגם ת’וריסוואטן”
- Icelandic: “Þórisvatn”
- Italian: “Þórisvatn”
- Japanese: “ソゥリスヴァトン”
- Japanese: “ソゥリスヴァトン湖”
- Korean: “소리스바튼호”
- Latvian: “Thorisvatn”
- Latvian: “Tourisvahdns”
- Latvian: “Tourisvatns”
- Latvian: “Þórisvatn”
- Lithuanian: “Tourisvatnas”
- Manx: “Thorisvatn”
- Manx: “Þórisvatn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thorisvatn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Þórisvatn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Þórisvatn”
- Norwegian: “Þórisvatn”
- Polish: “Porisvatn”
- Polish: “Þórisvatn”
- Portuguese: “Lago Thórisvatn”
- Russian: “Торисватн (озеро)”
- Russian: “Торисватн”
- Russian: “Тоурисватн”
- Spanish: “Thorisvatn”
- Spanish: “Thórisvatn”
- Spanish: “Þorisvatn”
- Spanish: “Þórisvatn”
- Swedish: “Porisvatn”
- Swedish: “Thorisvatn”
- Swedish: “Thórisvatn”
- Swedish: “Þórisvatn”
- Turkish: “Þórisvatn”
- Ukrainian: “Торісватн”
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