Vastenjaure

Vastenjaure, or Vásstenjávrre, is one of the great lakes of Badjelánnda, the high country west of Sarek. Broad mountain heaths and rolling fells surround its waters, close to the neighbouring lake Virihávrre. This is Sámi summer country: reindeer have come to graze and calve on its rich meadows for generations, and the shores of the lakes are places of seasonal settlement within a landscape used for herding over many centuries.