Lake Onega
Lake Onega (also known as
Onego, ,
Onezhskoe ozero, i.e.,
Onezhskoe lake;
Finnish/Karelian:
Ääninen) is a lake in the
Russian Federation. Its surface area is
9,894 km², its volume is
280 km³, its maximum depth is
120 m. It has 1369 islands with the total area of
250 km². It is fed by 58 rivers, the main of them are
Shuya,
Suna,
Vodla,
Vytegra,
Andoma. It is the second largest lake in
Europe, and the 17th lake by area in the world.
Petrozavodsk, the capital of the
Republic of Karelia, is situated on the western shore of Lake Onega. The republic surrounds Lake Onega in west, north and east. In the south it borders the
Leningrad Oblast and
Vologda Oblast.
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A wooden church on Kizhi Island, Lake Onega. |
The
UNESCO World Heritage site of
Kizhi pogost lies on one of the islands in the Kizhi archipelago in the Northern part of the lake. Two magnificent
18th century churches are the centerpieces of this open-air museum of Northern Russian wooden architecture.
River Svir that marks the southern boundary of
Karelia, runs from the southwestern shore of Lake Onega to
Lake Ladoga, and continues in the
Neva to the
Gulf of Finland.
Sailing is a popular activity. There is a sailing club located in Petrozavodsk. The open championship of Russia on sailing in the class of cruiser yachts has the status of the International Onego regatta in the Russian sailing community. The regatta is held by the State committee of the Russian Federation on Physical Culture and Sports and by the Federation of Sailing of the Republic of Karelia. [
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