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Ełk Lake

Ełk Lake
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Ełk Lake with the town of Ełk in the background
Location Masurian Lake District
Coordinates 53°48′24″N 22°20′58″E / 53.80667°N 22.34944°E / 53.80667; 22.34944Coordinates: 53°48′24″N 22°20′58″E / 53.80667°N 22.34944°E / 53.80667; 22.34944
Basin countries Poland
Settlements Ełk

Ełk Lake (Polish: Jezioro Ełckie, German: Lycker See) is a fresh water lake in the Masurian Lake District of Poland's Warmia-Mazury Province adjacent to the town of Ełk.

The lake that was created by glacial action during the ice age and has a surface area is 3.82 square kilometres. Its average depth is 15m with 58.2m as a maximum. It is divided into two distinct parts, the northern ("small") and southern ("large"), by a narrows spanned by a bridge. Primarily fed by the Ełk River from the south west the lake discharges into Lake Sunowo at the north-west, and Lake Szarek at the south west.

Promenade

Panorama of the bridge on the lake

View of the lake and the city from the west

View the east bank

Lake circa 1900


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