Sigöldulón
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| Sigöldulón | ||
|---|---|---|
Primary inflows Tungnaá | | |
| Primary outflows | Tungnaá | |
| Basin countries | Iceland | |
| Surface area | 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) | |
| Water volume | 195 hm3 (158,000 acre⋅ft) | |
The
reservoir in Iceland, also known as Krókslón [ˈkʰrouksˌlouːn]. Situated in the south of the country, not far from Landmannalaugar
, it is one of the country's 20 largest lakes at 14 km2.
Both the lake and the nearby power station (Sigölduvirkjun [ˈsɪːɣˌœltʏˌvɪr̥cʏn]) take their names from a tuff ridge at about 600 m above sea level where the river Tungnaá once passed through a canyon. Its waters now flow in tubes into the power station, constructed between 1973 and 1977.
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