Rotvatnet (Hamarøy)
| Rotvatnet | ||
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| The Rotvatnet with the E6 at Tømmernes | ||
| Geographical location | Hamarøy , ( Nordland ) | |
| Tributaries | Strindvatnet | |
| Drain | Sagelva → Sagfjord | |
| Places on the shore | Tømmerneset | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 52 '43 " N , 15 ° 51' 36" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 45 moh. | |
| surface | 3.56 km² | |
| scope | 15.64 km | |
The Rotvatnet (also called Nervatnet or Lulesami Ruohcajávri ) is a lake in the area of the municipality of Hamarøy in the Norwegian Fylke (province) Nordland .
The 3.56 km 2 lake is located between Bodø and Narvik , about 10 km southwest of Innhavet and immediately west of the settlement of Tømmerneset . The European Route 6 runs along its eastern shore. The lake lies at a height of 45 m and extends with a length of 3.6 km and a maximum width of 2.2 km in a generally north-south direction. The total length of the bank is 15.64 km. The approximately 1.8 km long northern part is comparatively narrow with a width of up to 500 m, while the southern part has the shape of a 2 km × 2 km square. In the lake a dozen all uninhabited small lying islands and bars .
The mountain slopes around the lake are forested in the lower layers, with the exception of a small section at the northern end with the boat landing stage from Tømmerneset, where the Sagelva also flows out of the lake and the road N835 (Riksvei 835) with the 8,079 km long climbing tunnel from the E6 branches off.
The Rotvatnet is the last and most northerly in a series of lakes, the so-called Sagvatnan ("Sagseen"), each of which drains into the next lower located. It itself drains north over the Sagelva River into the Sagfjord , a southern tributary of the Vestfjord . At its southern end, it passes over into Lake Strindvatnet at the narrow point “Nerstraumen”, which is only 100 m wide.