Viddalsdammen
Sign in to saveViddalsdammen () is a lake and a reservoir in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The reservoir has an area of and the elevation varies between and above sea level. Viddalsdammen is located at the end of the Låvisdalen valley, about southeast of the village of Aurlandsvangen, about southeast of the village of Flåm, and about northeast of Myrdal Station.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Aurland Municipality
- Elevation
- 930
- Image
- Fretheimsdalsvatnet.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- basin country
- Norway
- Commons category
- Viddalsdammen
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- See also
- References
Viddalsdammen () is a lake and a reservoir in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The reservoir has an area of and the elevation varies between and above sea level. Viddalsdammen is located at the end of the Låvisdalen valley, about southeast of the village of Aurlandsvangen, about southeast of the village of Flåm, and about northeast of Myrdal Station.
==History== 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 long contiguous lake. Viddalsdammen receives water through an extensive system of water tunnels that extends around the entire Aurlandsdalen valley.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viddalsdammen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations
Available in 8 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0