Hornindalsvatnet
Hornindalsvatnet is Norway's and Europe's deepest lake, and the world's fourteenth deepest lake, officially measured to a depth of 514 m. Its surface lies 53 m above sea level, which means that its bottom is 461 m below sea level.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Norway, and Europe’s deepest lake
- Also known as: “Hornindal-See”, “Hornindalsvand”, “Hornindalsvatn”, and “Horningdalsvatnet”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Heggjabygda Church.
Hornindalsvatnet
- Category: body of water
- Location: Stad, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.92732° or 61° 55′ 38″ north
Longitude
6.28519° or 6° 17′ 7″ east
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
9FH8W7GP+W3
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Venetian—“Hornindalsvatnet” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Возера Хорніндальсватнет”
- Belarusian: “Горніндальсватнэт”
- Belarusian: “Хорніндальсватнет”
- Bosnian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Bulgarian: “Хорниндалсватнет”
- Catalan: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Cebuano: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Chinese: “霍寧達爾湖”
- Chuvash: “Хорниндальсватнет”
- Croatian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Czech: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Danish: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Dutch: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره هورنيندالسڤاتنيت”
- Esperanto: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Estonian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Finnish: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- French: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Georgian: “ჰორნინდალსვატნეტი”
- German: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Hebrew: “אגם הורנינדל”
- Hebrew: “הונינדל”
- Hungarian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Indonesian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Italian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Japanese: “ホルニンダール湖”
- Korean: “호르닌달스바트네 호”
- Korean: “호르닌달스바트네호”
- Kurdish: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Latvian: “Hurnindālsvatne”
- Lithuanian: “Hornindalsvatnetas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Norwegian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Polish: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Romanian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Russian: “Хорниндалсватнет”
- Russian: “Хорниндальсватнет”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Slovenian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Spanish: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Swedish: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Turkish: “Hornindalsvatnet”
- Ukrainian: “Горніндалсватнет”
- Ukrainian: “Горніндальсватнет”
- Ukrainian: “Хорніндальсватнет”
- Venetian: “Hornindalsvatnet”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hatlelid and Heggjabygda.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Geilane and Melheim.
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