Vegår
Lake in Vegårshei, Norway
title: "Vegår" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lakes-of-agder", "vegårshei"] description: "Lake in Vegårshei, Norway" topic_path: "general/lakes-of-agder" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegår" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Lake in Vegårshei, Norway ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox body of water"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vegår |
| image | Lake Vegår, Vegårshei.jpg |
| caption | Lake Vegår viewed from Sørfjorden |
| pushpin_map | Agder#Norway |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of the lake |
| coordinates | |
| location | Vegårshei, Agder |
| catchment | 141 km2 |
| basin_countries | Norway |
| length | 14.5 km |
| width | 5 km |
| area | 17.7 km2 |
| max-depth | 102 m |
| volume | 337 km3 |
| shore | 113.84 km |
| elevation | 189 m |
| reference | NVE |
| :: |
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Vegår is a lake in the municipality of Vegårshei in Agder county, Norway. The 17.7 km2 lake is located about 3 km north of the municipal center of Myra and about 12 km 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 m 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
Utsikt over Haukenesfjorden - panoramio.jpg|View near the Haukenesfjorden Floating wood dock in Vegår, Vegårshei.jpg|A floating dock in the lake Vegaar2.jpg|View of the lake Vegår.jpg|View of the shoreline
References
References
- "Vegår". [[yr.no]].
- (2016-04-05). "Vegårshei". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
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