Ponchozero (russian: Пончозеро) is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
on the
Umba River in
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. It is 10 km long and 3 km wide.
The lake is located 25 km north of the
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
of
Umba Umba may refer to
*Umba, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Murmansk Oblast, Russia
*Umba (White Sea), a river on the Kola Peninsula, Russia
*Umba River (Tanzania), a river in Tanzania
*Umba sapphire, a sapphire from Tanzania
*Umba Valley, a valley ...
on the
White Sea
The White Sea (russian: Белое море, ''Béloye móre''; Karelian and fi, Vienanmeri, lit. Dvina Sea; yrk, Сэрако ямʼ, ''Serako yam'') is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is su ...
, and about 10 km southeast of
Lake Kanozero
Kanozero (russian: Канозеро) is a lake on the river Umba in Murmansk Oblast in Russia.
The lake is 32 km long and between three and six kilometers wide. Ita area is . It is situated about halfway between Lake Umbozero and the White ...
.
Ponchozero
Umba basin
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