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Sultartangalón

Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur, Iceland

The lake Sultartangarlón (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsʏl̥tarˌtʰauŋkarˌlouːn]) is situated in the Highlands of Iceland to the north of the volcano Hekla. It is a reservoir of the river Þjórsá, formed when the Þjórsá and Tungnaá rivers were dammed during the construction of the Sultartangi Hydropower Plant. Its surface area is 20 km2. The reservoir is one of multiple reservoirs that have been constructed along the Þjórsá river for hydropower generation.

Reservoir data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other reservoirs in Iceland