Ełk Lake

Lake Firlej
Lake with the town of Ełk in distance
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 Pleistocene 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.

Gallery

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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