Einavatnet

Einavatnet
Einavannet / Einafjorden
View of the lake and surrounding farmland
Einavatnet is located in Innlandet
Einavatnet
Einavatnet
Location of the lake
Einavatnet is located in Norway
Einavatnet
Einavatnet
Einavatnet (Norway)
LocationVestre Toten Municipality, Innlandet
Coordinates60°34′47″N 10°38′04″E / 60.57972°N 10.63444°E / 60.57972; 10.63444
Primary outflowsHunnselva river
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length13 kilometres (8.1 mi)
Max. width2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi)
Surface area13.82 km2 (5.34 sq mi)
Max. depth56 metres (184 ft)
Shore length140 kilometres (25 mi)
Surface elevation398 metres (1,306 ft)
SettlementsEina
ReferencesNVE[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Einavatnet is a lake which lies in Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 13.82-square-kilometre (5.34 sq mi) lake lies at an elevation of 398 metres (1,306 ft) above sea level. The lake lies in the southern portion of the municipality, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the municipal centre, Raufoss. The village of Eina lies at the northern end of the lake. The Eina Church is located on the eastern shore of the lake. The Norwegian National Road 4 runs along the eastern shore of the lake. The river Hunnselva flows north out of the lake towards the town of Gjøvik where it drains into the large lake Mjøsa.[2]

Name

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The Old Norse form of the name was probably just Eini. This name is derived from einir which means "juniper" (referring to the vegetation around the lake). The last element of the name is -vatnet which is the finite form of vatn which means "water" or "lake". Historically, the lake name only included the first element of the current name, and later the -vatnet suffix was added.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (12 August 2019). "Einavatnet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 November 2022.