Krutvatnet

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Krutvatnet (Norwegian)
Kruvhtegenjaevrie (Southern Sami)
Krutvatnet is located in Nordland
Krutvatnet
Krutvatnet
Location of the lake
Krutvatnet is located in Norway
Krutvatnet
Krutvatnet
Krutvatnet (Norway)
LocationHattfjelldal, Nordland
Coordinates65°41′51″N 14°23′05″E / 65.6975°N 14.3848°E / 65.6975; 14.3848
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi)
Max. width2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi)
Surface area9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Shore length123.4 kilometres (14.5 mi)
Surface elevation586 metres (1,923 ft)
ReferencesNVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Krutvatnet (Norwegian) or Kruvhtegenjaevrie (Southern Sami) is a lake in the municipality of Hattfjelldal in Nordland county, Norway. It lies about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) east of the lake Røssvatnet and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the border with Sweden. The Norwegian National Road 73 runs on the southern shore of the lake on its way from the village of Hattfjelldal to the village of Tärnaby in Sweden.[1] The word krut means gunpowder in Norwegian and Swedish, but the name does not come from that, but is a loan from the Sami name.

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  1. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Krutvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-11-16.