Siljan

Siljan, in in central , is Sweden's seventh largest . The cumulative area of Siljan and the adjacent, smaller lakes Orsasjön and Insjön is 354 km2.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Dalarna, central Sweden
  • Also known as: Lake Silja

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lundbjörken.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southwest of Siljan.

Siljan

Latitude
60.83333° or 60° 50′ north
Longitude
14.75° or 14° 45′ east
Elevation
162 metres (531 feet)
Open location code
9FGPRQM2+82
Geo­Names ID
2679230
Wiki­data ID
Q217430
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Siljan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Siljan lakua
  • Basque: Siljan
  • Belarusian: Возера Сільян
  • Belarusian: Сільян
  • Bulgarian: Силян
  • Catalan: llac Siljan
  • Catalan: Llac Siljan
  • Chinese: 錫利揚湖
  • Chinese: 锡利扬湖
  • Chuvash: Сильян
  • Czech: Orsasjon
  • Czech: Orsasjön
  • Czech: Siljan
  • Danish: Siljansøen
  • Dutch: Siljan
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره سيلچان
  • Esperanto: Siljan
  • Finnish: Siljan
  • Finnish: Siljanjärvi
  • French: lac Siljan
  • French: Lac Siljan
  • French: Siljan
  • Galician: Lago Siljan
  • German: Siljan
  • German: Siljansee
  • Hebrew: אגם סיליאן
  • Hungarian: Siljan
  • Icelandic: Siljan (vatn)
  • Icelandic: Siljan
  • Italian: Siljan
  • Japanese: シリヤン
  • Kurdish: Siljan
  • Latvian: Siljan
  • Latvian: Siljana ezers
  • Latvian: Siljans
  • Limburgan: Siljan
  • Lithuanian: Siljanas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Siljan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Siljan i Sverige
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Siljan-vatnet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Siljan
  • Norwegian: Siljan
  • Polish: Krater Siljan
  • Polish: Siljan
  • Portuguese: Lago Siljan
  • Portuguese: Siljan
  • Romanian: Lacul Siljan
  • Russian: Сильян
  • Serbo-Croatian: Siljan
  • Spanish: Lago Siljan
  • Spanish: Siljan
  • Swedish: Siljan
  • Turkish: Siljan Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Сільян

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Siljan”. Photo: Vesta, Public domain.