Eldrevatnet or Eldrevatn is a lake

Lake

A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...

 in the municipality of Lærdal

Lærdal

Lærdal is a municipality in the southwestern part of Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Lærdalsøyri...

 in Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane

is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The 3.48 square kilometres (1.3 sq mi) lake lies at an elevation of 1116 metres (3,661.4 ft) above sea level. It is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Borgund

Borgund, Sogn og Fjordane

Borgund is a village and former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of Borgund was the village of Steinklepp, which has a store, a bank, and a school...

, not far from the highway and the Filefjell Kongevegen

Filefjell Kongevegen

The Filefjell Kongevegen is the name of the old trail over Filefjell, the mountainous area between Lærdal/Borgund and Valdres in Norway. It is the historical main route linking Western Norway and Eastern Norway....

 road. The lake Øljusjøen

Øljusjøen

Øljusjøen is a lake in the municipalities of Hemsedal and Lærdal , Norway. The lake is located at an elevation of above sea level. It is southeast of Borgund and the highway. The lake Eldrevatnet is to the north...

 lies 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the lake. The lake Juklevatnet

Juklevatnet

Juklevatnet is a lake in the municipalities of Hemsedal and Lærdal , Norway. It is located east of Borgund in Lærdal, just to the south of the mountain Høgeloft in the Filefjell range. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level...

 and the mountain Høgeloft

Høgeloft

Høgeloft is a mountain on the border between the municipalities of Lærdal and Hemsedal , Norway. At above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the Filefjell mountain range...

 both lie about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the northeast of the lake.

The lake Eldrevatnet is regulated by a hydroelectric

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...

 dam

Dam

A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...

and supplies water for a nearby power station.