Lake Ladoga

Also known as Ladoga

freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe

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Lake Ladoga is a massive freshwater lake located in Russia and is the largest lake that lies entirely within Europe. It is an important water resource and geographic feature of northwestern Russia.

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Encyclopedic overview

Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg.

It is the largest lake located entirely in Europe, the second largest lake in Russia after Lake Baikal, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world. It is comparable in size to Lake Ontario. Ladoga Lacus, a methane lake on Saturn's moon Titan, is named after the lake.

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