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Vegår
Lake Vegår viewed from Sørfjorden Credit: Magnus Aasen Aukland
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Location	Vegårshei, Agder
Coordinates	58°48′27″N 08°51′29″E / 58.80750°N 8.85806°E / 58.80750; 8.85806
Catchment area	141 km (54 sq mi)
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi)
Max. width	5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
Surface area	17.7 km (6.8 sq mi)
Max. depth	102 m (335 ft)
Water volume	337 km (81 cu mi)
Shore length	113.84 kilometres (70.74 mi)
Surface elevation	189 metres (620 ft)
References	NVE
Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Vegår is a lake in the municipality of Vegårshei in Agder county, Norway. The 17.7-square-kilometre (6.8 sq mi) lake is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of the municipal center of Myra and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the village of Åmli in the neighboring municipality of Åmli.

The three largest parts of the lake are named Vestfjorden, Nordfjorden, and Sørfjorden. The deepest point of the lake, in the Nordfjorden area, reaches 102 metres (335 ft) below the surface of the water. There are many small islands in the lake, the largest of which is Furøya. The primary exit for the water in the lake is through the river Storelva which flows south through the village of Myra to Nesgrenda in Tvedestrand municipality before turning northeast and flowing into the sea at the Sandnesfjorden.

Vegår supports one of the country's most long-lived and stable beaver populations, as well as a fish fauna consisting of European perch, brown trout, Arctic char, and European eel.

Media gallery

• View near the Haukenesfjorden
• A floating dock in the lake
• View of the lake
• View of the shoreline

See also

• List of lakes in Aust-Agder
• List of lakes in Norway

References

1. "Vegår" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2016-04-05). "Vegårshei". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-12-26.

• Lakes of Agder
• Vegårshei