| Bessvatnet | |
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Bessvatnet to the right. Gjende is the lake to the left. Seen from the Besseggen ridge.
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| Location | Vågå Municipality, Innlandet |
| Coordinates | 61°31′23″N 8°46′32″E / 61.52306°N 8.77556°E / 61.52306; 8.77556 |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) |
| Max. width | 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) |
| Surface area | 4.6953 km2 (1.8129 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 102 metres (335 ft) |
| Shore length1 | 13.31 kilometres (8.27 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 1,373 metres (4,505 ft) |
| References | NVE[1] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Bessvatnet is a glacial lakeinVågå MunicipalityinInnlandet county, Norway. The 4.7-square-kilometre (1.8 sq mi) lake is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range and also inside the Jotunheimen National Park. The lake lies just east of the mountain Besshø. The lake Bessvatnet is known to everyone that has hiked the Besseggen ridge, as the narrow mountain ridge runs between the southern end of the dark blue lake Bessvatnet on one side of the ridge and the green lake Gjende lies below the other side of the ridge.[2]
Bessvatnet is named after the river Bessa. The last element is the finite form of vatn which means 'water' or 'lake'. The name of the river is derived from Old Norse word bersi which means 'bear' thus the river name means 'Bear river'.[2]
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