Øyungen
| Øyungen | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of the lake | |
| Location | Holtålen Municipality, Trøndelag |
| Coordinates | 62°44′48″N 11°03′11″E / 62.7468°N 11.0530°E |
| Gardåa | |
| Storhesja | |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) |
Surface area | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
Shore length1 | 21 kilometres (13 mi) |
Surface elevation | 786 metres (2,579 ft) |
| References | NVE[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Øyungen[2] is a lake in Holtålen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 6.13-square-kilometre (2.37 sq mi) lake lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southwest of the village of Hessdalen. The Forollhogna National Park surrounds the lake on three sides.[3]
Name
The first part of the name is øy which means "island". The last element -ungen (Old Norse: -ungr) is a common suffix in names of lakes in Norway, for instance Kaldungen (meaning "the lake with cold water"), Svartungen (meaning "the black lake", Leirungen (meaning "the lake with clay"), and Sandungen (meaning "the lake with sand"). The lake Øyungen contains several small islets.
See also
References
- ↑ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ↑ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ↑ "Øyungen, Holtålen (Trøndelag)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2025-01-04.