Ellenvatnet Explained

Caption Map:	Interactive map of the lake
Coordinates:	69.12°N 28.9°W
Location:	Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark
Basin Countries:	Norway
Area:	10.93km2
Reference:	NVE^[1]

,, or ^[2] is a lake located Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The lake has an area of 10.93km2.^[3]

The lake is located within Øvre Pasvik National Park, just northwest of the lake Ødevatnet. Ellenvatnet is the park's largest lake, located centrally in the park and is drained from the north through the river Ellenelva. Ellenvatnet is shallow and has a long and crooked shoreline with a large number of small islands. It has two enclosed bays to the south, Parvatn and Skinnposevatn.^[4] From Parvatnet a short river leads up to Grenseparvatnet (Kertusjärvi) at the border with Finland.

See also

• List of lakes in Norway

Notes and References

1. Web site: Innsjødatabase . 2023-11-10 . NVE.no . no.
2. Web site: Informasjon om stadnamn . 2024-06-26 . Norgeskart . . no.
3. Web site: Innsjødatabase: Ellenvatnet . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626052241/http://atlas.nve.no/ge/Viewer.aspx?Site=NVEAtlas . 26 June 2014 . 7 May 2014 . NVE Atlas . Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE).
4. Book: Ryvarden, Leif . Leif Ryvarden

   . Norges nasjonalparker: Stabbursdalen, Øvre Pasvik og Øvre Anárjohka . Gyldendal Norsk Forlag . 2007 . 9788205376380 . Oslo . 50–51 . Norwegian . Leif Ryvarden.