Øyungen
Lake in Holtålen, Norway
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Øyungen[2] is a lake in Holtålen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 6.13-square-kilometre (2.37 sq mi) lake lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southwest of the village of Hessdalen. The Forollhogna National Park surrounds the lake on three sides.[3]
LocationHoltålen Municipality, Trøndelag
Coordinates62.7468°N 11.0530°E
Primary inflowsGardåa
Primary outflowsStorhesja
| Øyungen | |
|---|---|
| Location | Holtålen Municipality, Trøndelag |
| Coordinates | 62.7468°N 11.0530°E |
| Primary inflows | Gardåa |
| Primary outflows | Storhesja |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) |
| Surface area | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 21 kilometres (13 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 786 metres (2,579 ft) |
| References | NVE[1] |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of the lake | |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Name
The first part of the name is øy which means "island". The last element -ungen (Old Norse: -ungr) is a common suffix in names of lakes in Norway, for instance Kaldungen (meaning "the lake with cold water"), Svartungen (meaning "the black lake", Leirungen (meaning "the lake with clay"), and Sandungen (meaning "the lake with sand"). The lake Øyungen contains several small islets.
