Lake Onega
Lake Onega (/oʊˈnɛɡə/; also known as Onego; Оне́жское о́зеро, IPA: [ɐˈnʲɛʂskəɪ ˈozʲɪrə]; Finnish: Ääninen, Äänisjärvi; Livvi: Oniegujärvi; Veps: Änine, Änižjärv) is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basin of the Baltic Sea, and is the second-largest lake in Europe after Lake Ladoga, slightly smaller than Lebanon. The lake is fed by about 50 rivers and is drained by the Svir.
| Lake Onega | |
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Lake Onega | |
| Coordinates | 61°41′26″N 35°39′20″E |
| Primary inflows | 58 rivers (Shuya, Suna, Vodla, Vytegra, Andoma) |
| Primary outflows | Svir |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Max. length | 245 km (152 mi) |
| Max. width | 91.6 km (56.9 mi) |
| Surface area | 9,891 km2 (3,819 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Max. depth | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Water volume | 291 km3 (70 cu mi) |
| Surface elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Islands | 1,369 (Kizhi Island) |
| Settlements | Kondopoga, Medvezhyegorsk, Petrozavodsk, Pindushi, Povenets |
There are about 1,650 islands on the lake. They include Kizhi, which hosts a historical complex of 89 Orthodox churches and other wooden structures of the 15th–20th centuries. The complex includes a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kizhi Pogost. The eastern shores of the lake contain about 1,200 petroglyphs (rock engravings) dated to the 4th–2nd millennia BC, which have also been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The major cities on the lake are Petrozavodsk, Kondopoga and Medvezhyegorsk.