Fyresvatn

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Fyresvatn
Fyresvatn -
Location Fyresdal, Telemark
Coordinates 59°06′N 8°12′ECoordinates: 59°06′N 8°12′E
Primary outflows Fyreselv
Basin countries Norway
Surface area 49.63 km²
Max. depth 377 m
Shore length1 63.41 km
Surface elevation 279 m
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Fyresvatn, (or Fyresvatnet), is the fifth deepest lake in Norway with a depth of 377 m.

It is located in Fyresdal municipality, part of Telemark county.

Fyresvatn belongs to the Arendal watershed, and discharges via the Fyreselv river into the Nidelva river, which flows into the Skagerak at Arendal in the county of Aust-Agder.