Landögssjön

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Landögssjön (Landösjön)
Offerdal.RonnoforsBruk.3.JPG
Mine ruin in Rönnöfors on Lake Landösjön
Geographical location Krokom Municipality , Jämtland County , Sweden
Tributaries Långan
Drain Långan → Indalsälven
Data
Coordinates 63 ° 34 '  N , 14 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 34 '  N , 14 ° 16'  E
Landögssjön (Jämtland)
Landögssjön
Altitude above sea level 320  m above sea level
surface 46.07 km²
length 24 km
volume 1.328 km³dep1
Maximum depth 76 m
Middle deep 29.2 m
Catchment area 1880 km²

Landögssjön ( Landösjön ) is a lake in Offerdal in the Swedish municipality of Krokom in the province of Jämtlands län .

location

The lake is about 24 km long. It stretches from northwest to southeast. The inflow goes through Långan . The drain is in Landön .

Places and traffic

There are various small villages of the Offerdal parish on the shore , including Rönnöfors on the western tip and Landön on the eastern tip of the lake. In Rönnöfors there was an important mining industry in the 19th century. The mine ruins can still be visited. A green quartzite, Offerdalsskiffer, is mined in Rönnöfors. Landön is located on Länsväg 340 between Krokom and Valsjöbyn on the Norwegian border, about 50 kilometers northwest of the Jämtland capital Östersund .

Steamboat traffic continued on the lake until 1923.

Individual evidence

  1. Sjöareal och sjöhöjd (3.32 MB; PDF) , Svenskt vattenarkiv (SVAR), Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
  2. Länskartor , the official Swedish map service
  3. a b c Sjödjup och sjövolym (712.6 kB; PDF) , Svenskt vattenarkiv (SVAR), Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)
  4. VattenWeb , Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut (Swedish)

literature

  • Offerdals Hembygdsförening: En bok om Offerdal , 1. – 3. Part.
  • Lofterud, Curt: Offerdal - Sevärt i Krokoms kommun, del 7 .

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