Lake Svetloyar

Lake Svetloyar
Светлояр (Russian)
Lake Svetloyar is located in Russia
Lake Svetloyar
Lake Svetloyar
LocationNizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates56°49′07″N 45°05′35″E / 56.81861°N 45.09306°E / 56.81861; 45.09306
Typeunknown
Max. length0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi)
Max. width0.35 kilometres (0.22 mi)
Surface area0.1483 square kilometres (0.0573 sq mi)
Max. depth33.4 metres (110 ft)
Surface elevation109 metres (358 ft)
Summer bathers on the shores of Lake Svetloyar

Lake Svetloyar (Russian: Озеро Светлоя́р, romanizedozero svetloyar = "lake of the bright bank/ravine") is a lake in the Voskresensky District of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in central Russia. It is located within Voskresenskoe Povetluzhye Nature Park. In 2015, the lake was included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Objects as an object of cultural heritage of local significance.[1] It is closely associated with the Legend of Kitezh, a sunken city.