Bessvatnet

Bessvatnet is a glacial lake in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range and also inside the Jotunheimen National Park. The lake lies just east of the mountain Besshø. The lake Bessvatnet is known to everyone that has hiked the Besseggen ridge, as the narrow mountain ridge runs between the southern end of the dark blue lake Bessvatnet on one side of the ridge and the green lake Gjende lies below the other side of the ridge.

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Body of water.name: Bessvatnet
Body of water.image: Besseggen1.jpg
Body of water.caption: Bessvatnet to the right. Gjende is the lake to the left. Seen from the Besseggen ridge.
Body of water.mapframe: yes
Body of water.mapframe zoom: 10
Body of water.mapframe caption: Interactive map of the lake
Body of water.location: Vågå Municipality, Innlandet
Body of water.basin_countries: Norway
Body of water.reference: NVE

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lake
Country: Norway
Located in: Vågå
Area: 4.696689
Elevation: 1373
Image: Bessvatnet cropped.jpg
Perimeter: 13.31

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basin country: Norway
Commons category: Bessvatnet
watershed area: 19.09

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== Name == Bessvatnet is named after the river Bessa. The name of the river is derived from Old Norse word bersi which means 'bear' thus the river name means 'Bear river'. The last element is the finite form of which means 'water' or 'lake'.

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