| Lake Nyuk | |
|---|---|
 Lake Nyuk seen from space | |
  Lake Nyuk  Lake Nyuk | |
| Location | Republic of Karelia |
| Coordinates | 64°27′N 31°45′E / 64.45°N 31.75°E |
| Type | Lake |
| Primary inflows | Rastas, Häme |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Surface area | 214–230 square kilometres (83–89 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 8.5 metres (28 ft) |
| Max. depth | 40 metres (130 ft) |
| Water volume | 1.81 cubic kilometres (0.43 cu mi) |
| Shore length1 | 255 kilometres (158 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 134 metres (440 ft) |
| Islands | 126 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Nyuk[1](Russian: Нюк, Finnish: Nuokkijärvi, Karelian: Nyukozero[2]) is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, northwestern part of Russia. It is located at 64°27′N 31°45′E / 64.45°N 31.75°E[3] and has an area of 214–230 km2 (83–89 sq mi). There are numerous islands on the lake. The lake is part of the Kem River basin.
- ^ Map sheet(ru) Q-36-123,124 Kimasozero. Scale: 1 : 100,000. State of the area in 1988. Edition 1994
- ^ Nyuk (Nyukozero, Nokko, Nyukka, Sok, Nyuko) : [ rus .] / textual.ru // State Water Register : [ arch . October 15, 2013] / Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia . - 2009. - March 29., Nyuk // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 volumes] / ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M . : Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- ^ Surface water resources of the USSR: Hydrological knowledge. T. 2. Karelia and the North-West / ed. E. N. Tarakanova. - L . : Gidrometeoizdat, 1965. - 700 p.