Svitiaz ( ; ; ; ) is a lake in
Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast () or simply Volyn (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. It borders Rivne Oblast to the east, Lviv Oblast to the south, Poland to the west and Belarus to the north. Its Capital city ...
,
Ukraine
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. It is the deepest and second largest lake in Ukraine, with a maximum depth of 58.4 meters and an area of 25.2 km
2, and is a popular tourist site in the summer. The lake is one of the
Shatsk Lakes of the
Shatsk National Natural Park, located in the
Kovel Raion of northwestern Ukraine.
The lake has a length of 9.3 km, a maximum width of 8 km, a volume of 0.185 km
3, and an average depth of 6.9 meters, with an island in the middle with an area of 7 hectares.
External links
*
http://svityaz.org.ua - Official website of lake Svityaz
Lakes of Shatsk
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