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Lake Onega
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Vodla, Karelia
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Vodla, Karelia
LakeShal’skiy, Karelia

Lake Onega

Lake33 m elevationBest Jun–Aug
Elevation33 mabove sea level
Area9,800 km²surface
Nearest townShal’skiy22 km
61.69° N, 35.66° EElevation 33 mUTC+3 · Moscow Standard Time
When to goShal’skiy · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec13October
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low7° / 3°
Lake

Lake Onega in brief

Lake Onega is a lake in Shal’skiy, Karelia, Russia.

It lies at 33 m above sea level and covers about 9,800 km².

The nearest town in the atlas is Shal’skiy, 22 km to the NE, where the weather is best in June, July and August.

Shal’skiy: weather and travel guide

Weather nearby now

Forecast for Shal’skiy
8°
Sunny now
Wind13 km/h
Humidity71%
Cloud cover2%
Today
22 Oct
9°
3°
Fri
23 Oct
6°
3°
1 mm
Sat
24 Oct
9°
4°
Sun
25 Oct
9°
6°
Mon
26 Oct
10°
8°

Model run 00:00 UTCRefreshed several times a day

The lake's water

Surface, average depth and volume of the lake, and the length of its shore.
Surface9,800 km²
Average depth26 m
Volume262 km³
Shoreline2,414 km
average depth 26 msurface at 33 m
When to go

The best months around Lake Onega

Climate of Shal’skiy

Month score in Shal’skiy

Comfort, dry days and sunshine · out of 100
10
Jan
13
Feb
17
Mar
19
Apr
22
May
52
Jun
65
Jul
62
Aug
37
Sep
13
Oct
8
Nov
8
Dec
Map

Lake Onega from above

Nature nearbyAll of Russia
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Vodla, KareliaRiver20 kmNEVodla, Karelia
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Bolshoe KindozhskoeLake24 kmNEBolshoe Kindozhskoe
Around here

Shal’skiy and around

Shal’skiy
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Shal’skiy

Karelia · Russia
Jun–Augbest months
21°July high
30 maltitude
Shal’skiy

Nature

Vodla, Karelia
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2.7 km W

Vodla, Karelia

River
Vodla, Karelia
Suma-Shalskaya
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12 km NE

Suma-Shalskaya

River
Suma-Shalskaya
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
9.6 km NE

Shalskoe

Lake · 20 m
Shalskoe

Heritage

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
7.5 km S

Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea

World Heritage Site
Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
14 km S

Onega petroglyphs

federal cultural heritage site in Russia · 3000 BC
Onega petroglyphs