Lake OnegaThe second largest lake in Europe
The continent's second largest lake.
- Surface area
- 9,700 km²
- Water volume
- 285 km³
- Max depth
- 127 m
See its true size
One shared area scaleBoth outlines share one area scale. The bars compare water volume.
Reference data: Encyclopædia Britannica: jezioro Bajkał (2024).
Simplified outlines: Natural Earth (public domain), reprojected to one shared scale.
among the 18 lakes in this section
Onega is large by European standards, but Baikal holds over 80 times as much water. Second place on the continent does not translate into a similar global rank.
The map intuition
Second place in Europe can make Onega sound like one of the largest lakes in the world.
About the lake
Onega is Europe's second largest lake, covering 9,700 km² and ranking behind neighbouring Ladoga. It has a smooth southern shore and branching, ragged arms in the north, shaped by glacial ice.
Kizhi Island contains a UNESCO listed ensemble of wooden churches and a bell tower. The buildings are renowned for sophisticated carpentry. The lake holds about 285 km³ of water.
- Mean depth
- 30 m
- Surface elevation
- 33 m a.s.l.
- Location
- Russia
- Type
- glacial lake
Where the lake is
Lake Onega: Questions
Ladoga (17,700 km²) is almost twice the size. Onega (9,700 km²) is the second largest lake in Europe.
It contains a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of wooden churches and a bell tower, including the 22-domed Church of the Transfiguration.
About 285 km³, over 9,700 km² and up to 127 m deep.
Sources and data year
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