Taugevatn (also called Tågavatni) is a lake on the south side of the
Bergen Line
The Bergen Line, or the Bergen Railway ( or ), is a long scenic overlook, scenic standard gauge railway line between Bergen and Hønefoss, Norway. The name is often applied to the entire route from Bergen to Oslo, including the Randsfjord Line ...
in
Ulvik
Ulvik is a municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality stretches from the Hardangerfjord to the mountains that reach above sea level. The administrative centre of the municipality is t ...
municipality 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
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. It sits at above sea level. The railway had its summit here, at above sea level,
[Bjerke, T. & Holom, F.S. (2004). Banedata 2004. Hamar/Oslo: Norsk Jernbanemuseum & Norsk Jernbaneklubb ''(Norwegian Railway Museum & Norwegian Railway Club)'', p. 168.] until the
Finse Tunnel
The Finse Tunnel () is a railway tunnel west of the village of Finse in Eidfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The tunnel is part of the Bergen Line between the cities of Oslo and Bergen. It is the longest tunnel on the line, and th ...
was built which led to the closure of the route past the lake on 16 May 1993. After the tunnel opened, the highest point on the line became above sea level, at
kilometre
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306.90 inside the tunnel.
Taugevatn drains via
Fagervatnet lake (at the same elevation) to the
Ustekveikja river, which feeds
Ustevatn
Ustevatn is a lake in the municipality of Hol in Buskerud, Norway. The main inflow is on the west side of the lake provided by Ustekveikja, which originates from the area around Finse in Hordaland. Norwegian National Road 7 runs along the nort ...
lake in
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 ...
Municipality 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 ...
.
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 ...
Notes
References
{{Lakes in Norway
Lakes of Vestland
Ulvik