Tesse

This article is about the lake in Norway. For other uses, see Tesse (disambiguation).

Tesse
Interactive map of the lake
Location	Lom Municipality, Innlandet
Coordinates	61°44′43″N 8°58′32″E / 61.74517°N 8.97548°E / 61.74517; 8.97548
Basin countries	Norway
Max. length	8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi)
Max. width	2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi)
Surface area	12.78 km^2 (4.93 sq mi)
Max. depth	68 metres (223 ft)
Shore length^1	24.14 kilometres (15.00 mi)
Surface elevation	856 metres (2,808 ft)
References	NVE[1]
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Tesse^[2] is a lake that lies in Lom Municipality and Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 12.78-square-kilometre (4.93 sq mi) lake lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the mountain Kvitingskjølen and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the river Otta. The lake is mostly located in Lom Municipality, but some very small parts of the lake cross over into Vågå Municipality.^[3]

See also

• List of lakes in Norway

References

1. "Innsjødatabase". nve.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
3. Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (26 November 2024). "Tesse". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 11 August 2025.