Tunnsjøen

Also known as Dåtnejaevrie

or is a lake in Røyrvik Municipality and Lierne Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies just south of the large lake Limingen, and just west of the border with Sweden. It is above sea level and has a volume of . The deepest part of the lake is deep. It is the seventh largest lake in Norway.

Key facts

Body of water.image: Tunnsjøen with trees.jpg
Body of water.caption: Tunnsjøen as seen from the north-west shore. Gudfjelløya to the right.
Body of water.mapframe: yes
Body of water.mapframe zoom: 9
Body of water.mapframe caption: Interactive map of the lake
Body of water.location: Lierne Municipality and Røyrvik Municipality, Trøndelag
Body of water.type: glacier lake
Body of water.inflow: Ingelsvasselva, Mykkelvikelva, Rørvasselva and Stallvikelva
Body of water.outflow: Tunnsjøelva
Body of water.basin_countries: Norway
Body of water.islands: Gudfjelløya and Litlfjelløya (or Reinøya)
Body of water.reference: NVE

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==Islands== The island or lies in the lake Tunnsjøen. The island's highest point is above sea level; which is higher than the lake. The peak is named (). This makes Gudfjelløya the highest island within a lake in Norway (and in Europe). It towers higher than the island of Monte Isola within Lake Iseo, in northern Italy. The island is located in the lake's central part. To the southwest of the island is the lake's second largest island: , also known as or (). Its highest point is above the lake's water surface.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tunnsjøen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.