Tinnoset is a village in Notodden Municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located at the southernmost end of the large lake

Tinnsjå Tinnsjå (also known as ''Tinnsjø'' or ''Tinnsjøen''; ) is one of the largest List of Norwegian Lakes, lakes in Norway measuring about . At a depth of it is the third List of lakes by depth, deepest lake in Norway and Europe. Tinnsjå is locat ...

, where the river Tinnelva begins flowing south out of the lake. It is about south of the village of Rudsgrendi, about north of the village of Gransherad, and about to the west of the village of Bolkesjø. MF-Storegut Tinnoset 2004 SRS

Transportation

Tinnoset Station is the terminus of the Tinnoset Line, a long railway line that went from Tinnoset to the town of Notodden. Tinnoset Station was located adjacent to the docks at the south end of lake

. From 1909 until 1991, these docks connected the Tinnsjø railway ferry system to the Tinnoset Line in the south. The railway ferry service crossed the lake and connected to the Rjukan Line and on to the town of

Rjukan Rjukan () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of Tinn Municipality. The town is located in the Vestfjorddalen valley, between the lakes Møsvatn ...

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Notodden Villages in Telemark {{Telemark-geo-stub

Transportation

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