Båvrojávrre[1] is a lake that lies on the border between Norway and Sweden. Most of the 6.08-square-kilometre (2.35 sq mi) lake lies in Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county. Only 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi) of the lake lies in Sweden in Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County. The lake Baugevatnet lies just to the north. The ending -jávrre is the Lule Sami word for lake.[3]
| Båvrojávrre (Lule Sami) | |
|---|---|
| Historic spelling: Bovrojávri (Lule Sami)[1] | |
 Interactive map of the lake | |
| Location | Narvik Municipality, Nordland Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten |
| Coordinates | 68°02′38″N 16°58′08″E / 68.0440°N 16.9688°E |
| Basin countries | Norway and Sweden |
| Max. length | 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) |
| Surface area | 6.08 km2 (2.35 sq mi) (5.47 km2 in Norway) |
| Shore length1 | 25.33 kilometres (15.74 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 686 metres (2,251 ft) |
| References | NVE[2] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "Båvrojávrre" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
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