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Vangsmjøse

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Vangsmjøse

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Also known as Kvamsfjorden

Vangsmjøse is a lake in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake has an area of and it has a maximum depth of about deep. A local myth says that if a raw ham is lowered into the deepest part of Vangsmjøse, it will be boiled when it is pulled back up. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level and it has a shoreline measuring about around.

Key facts

Body of water.name
Vangsmjøse
Body of water.other_name
Vangsmjøsa / Vangsmjøsi (unofficial)
Body of water.image
Øye i Vang.JPG
Body of water.caption
View of the lake
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
Vang Municipality, Innlandet
Body of water.basin_countries
Norway
Body of water.reference
NVE

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
lake
Country
Norway
Located in
Vang
Area
18.448
Elevation
466
Image
Vangsmjösi-utsikt från väst över Vang.JPG
Perimeter
49.46
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Commons category
Vangsmjøsa
watershed area
484.76
vertical depth
154
basin country
Norway
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Encyclopedic overview

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Vangsmjøse is a lake in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake has an area of and it has a maximum depth of about deep. A local myth says that if a raw ham is lowered into the deepest part of Vangsmjøse, it will be boiled when it is pulled back up. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level and it has a shoreline measuring about around.

Øye Stave Church is situated in the village of Øye which sits at the west end of Vangsmjøse. The scenic European route E16 runs through Øye and along the south shore of Vangsmjøse.

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

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On the map

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