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Lake Vänern (eastern entrance)

 
Sjötorps båthamn, Sjöfallsvägen, Sjötorp, Sweden
 
Information about the place
Lake Vänern (eastern entrance) is a minor waterways place at the junction of the Göta Waterway (Göta Kanal - Tåtorps to Sjötorps) with Göta Waterway (Lake Vänern).
 
Karlsborg S Bridge is on Göta Waterway (Lake Viken), 52.65 kilometres and 20 locks to the southeast. Lake Vassbotten (northern entrance) is on Göta Waterway (Lake Vassbotten), 119.91 kilometres to the west.
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Karlsborg S Bridge is Sjötorp Sluss No 1; 0.20 kilometres away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Lake Vassbotten (northern entrance) is Lake Vänern (southern end); 118.83 kilometres away.

Mooring here is unrated.

 
 
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 VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe
The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners
 
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Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about Lake Vänern

Vänern ( VAYN-ərn, also US: VEN-, Swedish: [ˈvɛ̂ːnɛɳ]) is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake entirely in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.

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[Vänern] concurrent sea-level rise, lake Vänern became a part of the Ancylus Lake that occupied the Baltic basin. Vänern was connected to Ancylus Lake by a strait at Degerfors [Dalsland Canal] canal that enables ships to sail between Lake Vänern and central parts of the Dalsland and southwestern Värmland lake districts. The canal runs across the [Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern] The Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern was a 6th-century battle recorded in the Norse sagas and referred to in the Old English epic Beowulf. It has been [Ancylus Lake] surrounded by controversy. It is now known that the lake was above sea level, included Lake Vänern, and drained westward through three outlets at Göta [Västergötland] Östergötland, Småland and Halland, as well as the two largest Swedish lakes Vänern and Vättern. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden is Duchess of Västergötland [Lake Peipus] Onega (in Russia north of Saint Petersburg), Lake Vänern (in Sweden), and Lake Saimaa (in Finland). The lake is a remnant of water regularly collecting [Karlstad] longest river, Klarälven, runs into Sweden's largest lake, Vänern. It has the second largest lake port in the country after Västerås. Karlstad is often [Lidköping] It is situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", to distinguish itself from Linköping near [Mälaren] referred to as Lake Malar (UK: /ˈmeɪlər/ MAY-lər, US: /ˈmɛlɑːr/ MEL-ar) in English, is the third-largest freshwater lake in Sweden (after Vänern and Vättern) [Vänersborg] the lake Vänern. In spite of this, the climate is quite continental considering its classification as marine. The location at the shore of lake Vänern influences
 
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