Sokumvatnet

Coordinates: 66°55′09″N 14°12′45″E / 66.9192°N 14.2126°E / 66.9192; 14.2126
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Sokumvatnet
Sokumvatnet is located in Nordland
Sokumvatnet
Sokumvatnet
Location of the lake
Sokumvatnet is located in Norway
Sokumvatnet
Sokumvatnet
Sokumvatnet (Norway)
LocationGildeskål, Nordland
Coordinates66°55′09″N 14°12′45″E / 66.9192°N 14.2126°E / 66.9192; 14.2126
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
Max. width1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi)
Surface area6.54 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Shore length126.36 kilometres (16.38 mi)
Surface elevation322 metres (1,056 ft)
ReferencesNVE
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Sokumvatnet is a lake that lies in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. Sokumvatnet is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of the village of Inndyr. It lies just south of the lake Litle Sokumvatnet and northeast of the lake Langvatnet.[1] The lake serves as a reservoir for the Sundsfjord Hydroelectric Power Station.[2]

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  1. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Sokumvatnet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  2. ^ SKS produksjon: Sundsfjord. Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine