Flakavatnet

{{Short description|Lake in Norway}}

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|name = Flakavatnet

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|image = Flakavatn, S. Norway Oct 19, 2005.jpg

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|pushpin_map = Vestland#Buskerud#Norway

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the lake

|location = Ulvik, Vestland and Hol, Buskerud

|coords = {{coord|60.6471|7.5895|region:NO_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

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|basin_countries = Norway

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|length = {{convert|4.5|km}}

|width = {{convert|2.1|km}}

|area = {{convert|3.43|km2|abbr=on}}

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|shore = {{convert|16.47|km}}

|elevation = {{convert|1453|m}}

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Flakavatnet is an alpine lake on the border of Vestland and Buskerud counties in Norway. The {{convert|3.43|km2|adj=on}} lake lies in the municipalities of Ulvik (in Vestland) and Hol (in Viken) and the lake lies entirely within the Hallingskarvet National Park. The village of Finse lies about {{convert|5|km}} southwest of the lake.{{cite web|url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Buskerud/Hol/Flakavatnet/|title=Flakavatnet|publisher=yr.no|language=no |access-date=2014-05-25}}

The lake is one of the largest lakes in Europe that lies in the transition to the high-alpine zone, where vegetation is minimal or absent and influence of permanent snow patches and glaciers are evident.