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Soisalo () is an area in central Finland, south of
Kuopio. It is commonly regarded as the largest
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
of Finland. Whilst it is an area of land surrounded by water (the lakes
Kallavesi
Kallavesi is a medium-sized lake in Northern Savonia, eastern Finland located around the town of Kuopio. Combined with the lakes Suvasvesi, Juurusvesi–Akonvesi, Muuruvesi, Melavesi, and Riistavesi Kallavesi forms an lake system named Iso ...
,
Unnukka
Unnukka is a medium-sized lake in Southern Savonia region in Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the north ...
,
Suvasvesi
Suvasvesi is a lake in Eastern Finland near the town of Kuopio. Suvasvesi consists of two circular open lakes, Kuukkarinselkä in north and Haapaselkä in south. The lakes are separated by a group of islands. The lake has 688 islands in total. Th ...
and
Kermajärvi
Kermajärvi (literally Finn. ''kerma'' for cream, ''järvi'' for lake, Sámi. ''kierma'' for rare and threatened Finnish Forest Reindeer fawn, and/or old Eastern Finnish word ''kiermi'' for type of fishing net drying stand) is a medium-sized lak ...
), as the lakes are narrow in places they are more like rivers, there is an argument that it is not a true island.
References
Lake islands of Finland
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