Tyin

Tyin is a lake in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is located in the southwest part of the Jotunheimen mountain range. The lake lies in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, but a small portion of the lake extends into Årdal Municipality in Vestland county. The western border mostly follows the border between Vang and Årdal, but there are some areas where the lake crosses over the boundary. The lake serves as a reservoir for the Tyin Hydroelectric Power Station and the water level is regulated between above sea level. The lake has a reservoir capacity of .

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Body of water.outflow: Tya
Body of water.name: Tyin
Body of water.image: Tyin lake.jpg
Body of water.caption: View of the lake
Body of water.image_bathymetry: la2-demis-bygdin-annotated.png
Body of water.caption_bathymetry: Tyin is the irregular lake in the left of this figure.
Body of water.mapframe: yes
Body of water.mapframe zoom: 9
Body of water.mapframe caption: Interactive map of the lake
Body of water.location: Innlandet and Vestland
Body of water.type: glacier lake
Body of water.inflow: Breikvamsåi, Koldedøla and Våga
Body of water.basin_countries: Norway
Body of water.reference: NVE

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Area: 0.474442
Elevation: 1084
Image: Tyin 2.jpg
Perimeter: 51.48

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watershed area: 183.3288
Commons category: Tyin
vertical depth: 81
volume as quantity: 0.313

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The Norwegian County Road 53 runs along the south side of the lake (Tyin–Årdal) and the Norwegian County Road 252 runs along the east side of the lake (Tyin–Eidsbugarden) and both roads connect to the European route E16 highway to the south.