Bajep Sårjåsjávrre[3] (transl. Upper Lake Sårjås) is a lake that lies on the northern edge of the Sulitjelma massif[4] near the border between Norway and Sweden. It lies immediately west of larger Vuolep Sårjåsjávrre (Lower Lake Sårjås), which straddles the border between the two countries. The 1.6-square-kilometer (0.62 sq mi)[5] lake lies just to the east of the large Blåmann Glacier.[1]
| Bajep Sårjåsjávrre | |
|---|---|
| Historic: Sorjosjávri, bajit[1] | |
 Interactive map of the lake | |
| Location | Fauske Municipality, Nordland |
| Coordinates | 67°13′04″N 16°15′58″E / 67.217764°N 16.266242°E |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 2.3 kilometers (1.4 mi) |
| Max. width | 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) |
| Surface area | 1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi) |
| Shore length1 | 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 822 meters (2,697 ft) |
| References | Norgeskart: Bajep Sårjåsjávrre, Vann Fauske, NVE[2] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
See also
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edit- ^ a b "Bajep Sårjåsjávrre" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "Innsjødatabase". NVE.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ Ammari, Sahand, & Markus Thonhaugen. 2014. Dette var en gang Norges nest største industriforetak. NRK (May 2).
- ^ Norgeskart: Bajep Sårjåsjávrre, Vann Fauske.