Garsjøen

Garsjøen (Norwegian) or Gárddajávri (Northern Sami)[2] is a lake in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 9.72-square-kilometre (3.75 sq mi) lake lies in the northwestern part of the municipality, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of the village of Bugøyfjord.[3]

Garsjøen
Location of the lake
Garsjøen
Garsjøen (Norway)
LocationSør-Varanger Municipality,
Finnmark
Coordinates69.9179°N 28.9370°E / 69.9179; 28.9370
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi)
Max. width3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi)
Surface area9.72 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Shore length128.62 kilometres (17.78 mi)
Surface elevation250 metres (820 ft)
ReferencesNVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

See also

References

  1. "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Garsjøen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-03-13.


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