Lake Sysen

Sysenvatnet is a lake in in Vestland county, . The 10.24-square-kilometre lake lies at the north end of the Sysendalen valley, about 8 kilometres east of the famous waterfall.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Eidfjord, Vestland, Norway
  • Also known as: “Sysenvatn” and “Sysenvatnet”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Leiro power station.

Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 2½ km southwest of Lake Sysen.

Lake Sysen

Latitude
60.41755° or 60° 25′ 3″ north
Longitude
7.41878° or 7° 25′ 8″ east
Elevation
882 metres (2,894 feet)
Open location code
9FG9CC99+2G
Geo­Names ID
3134922
Wiki­data ID
Q1772509
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Lake Sysen” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Сйсенватнет”
  • Cebuano: “Sysenvatnet”
  • Dutch: “Sysenvatnet”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره سيسينڤاتنيت”
  • French: “Sysenvatnet”
  • German: “Sysenvatnet”
  • Kurdish: “Sysenvatnet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sysenvatnet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sysenvatnet”
  • Norwegian: “Sysenvatnet”
  • Spanish: “Sysenvatnet”
  • Turkish: “Sysenvatnet”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Krossdalen and Maurset.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bjørkhaugen and Kvannjolenuten.

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Worth a closer look: Bergen and Stavanger.

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