Keurusselkä
Sign in to saveKeurusselkä is a lake in Central Finland between the towns of Keuruu to the north and Mänttä to the south. It covers an area of . Its average depth is with a maximum depth of . The surface lies at above sea level. The lake is long and is a part of the Kokemäenjoki River basin. Keurusselkä gained international publicity in 2004 when a pair of amateur geologists discovered an ancient impact structure on the western shore of the lake.
Key facts
- Lake.name
- Keurusselkä
- Lake.image
- Keurusselka-WorldWind.jpg
- Lake.caption
- Landsat 7 image of the Keurusselkä region from May 2006. Area where shatter cones have been found is marked with a red ellipse and the suggested impact structure of Ukonselkä is marked with a white circle.
- Lake.location
- Central Finland
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Finland#Europe
- Lake.basin_countries
- Finland
- Lake.cities
- Keuruu, Mänttä
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 97.5558
- Elevation
- 105.4
- Image
- Keurusselka-WorldWind.jpg
- Length
- 27
- Perimeter
- 506.278
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- vertical depth
- 33.52
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- Etymology
- Environmental issues
- Keurusselkä impact structure
- See also
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Keurusselkä is a lake in Central Finland between the towns of Keuruu to the north and Mänttä to the south. It covers an area of . Its average depth is with a maximum depth of . The surface lies at above sea level. The lake is long and is a part of the Kokemäenjoki River basin. Keurusselkä gained international publicity in 2004 when a pair of amateur geologists discovered an ancient impact structure on the western shore of the lake.
== Etymology == Keurusselkä was originally only the name of the largest fjard of the lake, while the lake was known as Väärinkeuru or Keuruvesi. The element keuru is a dialectal word meaning "crooked", in this context referring to the shape of the lake. The older names were displaced by the name Keurusselkä in the 19th century. The name of Keuruu is derived from the lake's name.