Kilefjorden
| Kilefjorden | |
|---|---|
 View of the lake in Vennesla | |
Interactive map of Kilefjorden | |
| Location | Agder county |
| Coordinates | 58°25′23″N 7°47′53″E / 58.4231°N 7.79798°E |
| Otra river | |
| Otra river | |
| Otra watershed | |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) |
| Max. width | 0.5–1.5 kilometres (0.31–0.93 mi) |
Surface area | 7.22 km2 (2.79 sq mi) |
Shore length1 | 65 kilometres (40 mi) |
Surface elevation | 32 metres (105 ft) |
| References | NVE[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Kilefjorden[2] is a lake on in Agder county, Norway. The lake is located on the border of Evje og Hornnes Municipality (in the north), Iveland Municipality (in the east), and Vennesla Municipality (in the west). The lake is part of the river Otra. It is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of the village of Birketveit in Iveland Municipality, about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north of the village of Hægeland in Vennesla Municipality, and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the village of Hornnes in Evje og Hornnes Municipality.[3]
History
The steamship Bjoren worked in this lake from 1866–1896 transporting people and items across the lake. In 1896, the boat was moved to the Byglandsfjorden. The Norwegian National Road 9 runs along the southwestern end of the lake.
Prior to 1950, the lake's outflow was at the waterfall Soga on the southeast end of the lake. In 1950, the Gåseflå dam was built further upstream creating the lake Gåseflåfjorden which adjoins the Kilefjorden at the same surface elevation so the waterfall is now underwater and it can only be seen when the lake Gåseflå is lowered for work on the power station.[4][5]
Media gallery
View of the lake in the late 1800s
View of the lake in the late 1800s
View of the lake between 1864 and 1889
View along the Rv9 highway
See also
References
- ↑ "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ↑ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ↑ "Kilefjorden" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ↑ "Soga" (in Norwegian). SetesdalsWiki. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- ↑ "Kilefjorden" (in Norwegian). SetesdalsWiki. Retrieved 2017-01-17.