Tinnsjø
LakeNorway
Photo: Grzegorz Wysocki · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tinnsjø
Lake · Norway
Description
One of Europe's deepest lakes, dropping to about 460 m, in the Telemark valley system. The heavy water ferry Hydro was sunk here by saboteurs in 1944.
Key facts
Tinnsjø is in Telemark.
- Region
- Telemark
- Area
- 52 km²
- Elevation
- 192 m
- Max depth
- 460 m
- Length
- 96 km
- Nearest hut
- Prestodden · 7.3 km
- Nearest village
- Hovin · 7.4 km