Bessvatnet
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| File:Besseggen1.jpg
Bessvatnet to the right. Gjende is the lake to the left.
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| Location | Vågå, Oppland |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Surface area | 4.64 km² |
| Shore length1 | 13.31 km |
| Surface elevation | 1,373 m |
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Bessvatnet is a lake in Vågå, Oppland, Norway. Bessvatnet is known to everyone that has hiked Besseggen, as one passes its southern end, while looking down on the green lake Gjende.
The name
Bessvatnet ('Bess water') is named after the river Bessa, the last element is the finite form of vatn 'water, lake'. The name of the river is derived from Old Norse bersi m 'bear' - thus 'Bear river'.
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