Viddalsdammen

Viddalsdammen[1] (Norwegian for "The Viddal Dam") is a lake and a reservoir in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The reservoir has an area of 4.13-square-kilometre (1.59 sq mi) and the elevation varies between 930 metres (3,050 ft) and 868 m (2,848 ft) above sea level.[2] Viddalsdammen is located at the end of the Låvisdalen valley, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of the village of Aurlandsvangen, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southeast of the village of Flåm, and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Myrdal Station.

Viddalsdammen
Viddalsdammen
Location of the lake
Viddalsdammen
Viddalsdammen (Norway)
LocationAurland Municipality, Vestland
Coordinates60°49′02″N 07°15′16″E
Basin countriesNorway
Surface area4.13 km2 (1.59 sq mi)
Surface elevation868 to 930 metres (2,848 to 3,051 ft)
ReferencesNVE

The reservoir was formed as part of the building of the Aurland Hydroelectric Power Station in the 1960s and 1970s, when a rock-fill dam was built at the end of the lake Viddalsvatnet. After damming the level of Viddalsvatnet was raised to include the two upstream lakes Liverdalsvatnet and Fretheimsdalsvatnet, and they now form one 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) long contiguous lake. Viddalsdammen receives water through an extensive system of watertunnels that extends around the entire Aurland valley.

See also

  • List of lakes in Norway

References

  1. "Fakta om stedsnavn (Search:Viddalsdammen)". Kartverket. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. "NVE Atlas (Map layer=Vannkraft - Magasin)" (in Norwegian). Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-13.


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