Rondvatnet 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 ...
in
Sel Municipality in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...
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 is a long, narrow lake in
Rondane National Park
Rondane National Park () is the oldest national park in Norway, established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre Municipality, Dovre, Folldal Municipality, Folldal, Sel Municipality, Sel, No ...
, about northeast of the town of
Otta. The
Norwegian Mountain Touring Association
The Norwegian Trekking Association (, DNT) is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway. The association was founded on 21 January 1868 with the scope "to help and develop tourism in this country". Today the goa ...
's tourist cabins at
Rondvassbu are located at the southern end of this lake. Rondvatnet separates the eastern part of
Rondane
Rondane National Park () is the oldest national park in Norway, established on 21 December 1962. The park is located in Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre Municipality, Dovre, Folldal Municipality, Folldal, Sel Municipality, Sel, No ...
from the western part which is the site of
Smiubelgen
Smiubelgin is a mountain range in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the western part of Rondane National Park, separated from the eastern part by the lake Rondvatnet. The Smiubelgen mountains have sharper ridges than the eastern part of ...
.
During the summer season, there is boat service on the lake transporting hikers between the southern and northern end. The
Jutulhogget canyon is located near the southern end of the lake.
Name
The lake is named Rondvatnet which directly translates to "the Rond water". The first part of the lake's name is ''rond'' which was probably the original name of the long and narrow lake. The
Old Norse
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form of the name was just ''Rǫnd'', derived from the word ''rǫnd'' which means 'stripe' or 'edge' (referring to the long and narrow form of the lake). The last part of the name is ''vatnet'' which means "the water". Several mountains around were then named after this lake.
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
Sel, Norway
Lakes of Innlandet
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