Lake Glubokoye (Karelian Isthmus)

Lake Glubokoye
Lake Glubokoye
Location	Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates	60°33′19″N 29°18′44″E / 60.55528°N 29.31222°E / 60.55528; 29.31222Coordinates: 60°33′19″N 29°18′44″E / 60.55528°N 29.31222°E / 60.55528; 29.31222
Catchment area	213 square kilometres (82 sq mi)[1]
Basin countries	Russia
Surface area	37.9 square kilometres (14.6 sq mi)[1]

Lake Glubokoye (Russian: о́зеро Глубо́кое, lit. Deep Lake; Finnish: Muolaanjärvi) is a lake on Karelian Isthmus, in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast. The nearby larger settlements are Kirillovskoye (18 km) and Baryshevo (38 km). The area of the lake is 37.9 square kilometres (14.6 sq mi), and the area of its drainage basin is 213 square kilometres (82 sq mi).^[1]

The lake is connected by an unnamed channel with , located several kilometers northeast. In its turn, Lake Bolshoye Rakovoye is the source of the , which flows into the southern branch of the Vuoksi River. The whole system belongs to the basin of Lake Ladoga and the Neva River.

The catchment area of the lake is relatively small due to the hilly landscape of Karelian Isthmus. The two main inflows, the and the , both flow in the southeastern direction. There are several islands on the lake, the largest of them is Bolshoy Steregushchy Island in the northwestern part of the lake. The lake is elongated in the southeastern direction, with a narrow bay in the southeast, known as Zagorsky Bay.

There are five rural localities, , Staroselye, , , and , on the lakeshore. Gribnoye and Streltsovo are located on the , connecting them to Vyborg.

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