Røssvatnet
or  is a lake and reservoir in the municipalities of Hattfjelldal and Hemnes in Nordland county, Norway. It has been the site of human occupation since the Stone Age. Its area of  makes it the second largest lake in Norway by surface area. Without the dam which has regulated the lake since 1957, it would be  and the third largest lake in Norway. Its depth is , its volume is estimated at about , and its surface elevation is  above sea level. In the southern part, it's largest island is situated. Røssvassholmen, with an area of . The highest point of it, towering 206 metres above the lake's surface (at top regulation height). Røssvassholmen are Norway's second largest lake-island. The largest being; Helgøya within Mjøsa. References

External links

Archeological article (in Norwegian) (URL accessed 7 April 1983)

Lakes of Nordland
Hattfjelldal
Hemnes
Reservoirs in Norway