Nyhellervatnet is a
lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
on the border of the municipalities of
Hol
HOL or Hol may refer to:
Places
* Hol, Norway, in Buskerud county
* Hol Municipality (Nordland), a former municipality in Norway
* Hol, Tjeldsund, Norway
* Hol, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Science and technology
* HOL (proof assistant), a family of i ...
(in
Buskerud
Buskerud () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardanger ...
county) and
Aurland
Aurland () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The administrativ ...
(in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
county),
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level.
The lake is located about southeast of the village of
Aurlandsvangen
Aurlandsvangen () is the administrative center of Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the east side of the Aurlandsfjorden (a branch of the main Sognefjorden) where the Aurlandselvi river flows into the fjor ...
(in Vestland), at the end of the Aurlandsdalen valley. In neighboring Buskerud county, the lake
Djupsvatnet
Stolsvatnet is a regulated lake in the municipalities of Ål and Hol in Buskerud, Norway. Stolsvatnet was formed in the late 1940s by the damming of the upper parts of three rivers, (Stolsvatn, Olsendvatn, Holselva) which created a continuous la ...
lies to the east and
Hallingskarvet National Park
Hallingskarvet National Park () is a national park in central Norway that was established by the government on 22 December 2006. The park is located in Hol Municipality (Buskerud county), Ulvik Municipality and Aurland Municipality (both in Vest ...
lies to the south.
See also
*
List of lakes in Norway
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by Counties of Norway, county.
For the geography and history of lakes in that country, see Lakes in Norway, including:
*Lakes in Norway#Largest lakes, List of largest lakes in Norway
*L ...
References
Lakes of Buskerud
Lakes of Vestland
Hol, Norway
Aurland
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