Altevatnet
- Area
- 78 km²
- Max depth
- 99 m
Altevatnet is a lake at 480 m above sea level in Troms, Norway, 78 km² in area and 41.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 480 m
- Length
- 41.2 km
- Shoreline
- 145.5 km
Altevatnet in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 145.5 km
Altevatnet 3D map
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Altevatnet terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Altevatnet elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Altevatnet weather
Altevatnet forecast for about 480 m: unavailable right now. Try again in a few minutes.
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data.
Camping & parking near Altevatnet
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Altevatnet, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.2 km WNW
Nearest hut
Gaskashytta
Nearest caravan site
Slåttemoen
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.2 km WNW |
| Parking | 4.3 km W |
| GaskashyttaHut | 4.5 km E |
| AltevasshyttaHut | 4.9 km W |
| LeirtaketParking | 5.1 km W |
| SlåttemoenCaravan site | 5.3 km W |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 75% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 4.3% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,084 m low point 300 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 10 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- European Globeflower3
- Marsh marigold2
- White-tailed Eagle1
- Brambling1
- Common Carder Bumble Bee1
- Round-leaved wintergreen1
Where Altevatnet sits
Nearby places
Altevatnet downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-06)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)