Forsvatnet
Forsvatnet is a lake that lies on the border of Steigen Municipality and Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 4.83-square-kilometre lake lies just south of the Steigen Tunnel in the northeast part of Steigen Municipality.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “Forsanvatnet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forsanvatn minipower station and Forsanvatn power station.
Forsanvatn minipower station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forsanvatn minipower station is an industrial building, which is situated 3 km north of Forsvatnet.
Forsanvatn power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forsanvatn power station is an industrial building, which is situated 3½ km north of Forsvatnet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karlsøy.
Karlsøy
Hamlet
Photo: Manxruler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karlsøy or Dirveksuoloj is a village in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern coast of the island of Finnøya, along the Sagfjorden, about 8 kilometres northwest of the village of Innhavet. Sagfjord Church is located in Karlsøy, serving the residents of this part of the municipality. Karlsøy is situated 10 km north of Forsvatnet.
Forsvatnet
- Category: body of water
- Location: Steigen Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Forsvatnet” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Форсанватнет”
- Cebuano: “Forsanvatnet”
- Dutch: “Forsanvatnet”
- Esperanto: “Forsanvatnet”
- French: “Forsanvatnet”
- German: “Forsanvatnet”
- Kurdish: “Forsanvatnet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forsanvatnet i Steigen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forsanvatnet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forsanvatnet”
- Norwegian: “Forsanvatnet”
- Turkish: “Forsanvatnet”
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