Primary inflows Basin countries Iceland Area 14 km² Inflow source Tungnaá | Primary outflows Tungnaá Surface area 14 km (5.4 sq mi) Outflow location Tungnaá Lake type Reservoir | |
Water volume 195 hm (158,000 acre·ft) | ||
The lake Sigöldulón is a reservoir in Iceland, also known as Krókslón. Situated in the south of the country, not far from Landmannalaugar, it is one of the country's 20 largest lakes at 14 km².
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Both the lake and the nearby power station (Sigölduvirkjun) 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.
References
Sigöldulón Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA