Lake Sartai

Lake Sartai
Location Rokiškis and Zarasai
Coordinates 55°48′51″N 25°49′10″E / 55.81417°N 25.81944°E / 55.81417; 25.81944Coordinates: 55°48′51″N 25°49′10″E / 55.81417°N 25.81944°E / 55.81417; 25.81944
Primary inflows Šventoji
Primary outflows Šventoji
Basin countries Lithuania
Surface area 13.32 km²
Max. depth 20.9 m
Shore length1 79 km
Islands 6
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Sartai is located in Rokiškis and Zarasai municipalities, northeastern Lithuania. The lake's 79 km shoreline is the longest in Lithuania. There are six islands in the lake. River Šventoji flows through it.

The lake was famous for the annual horse races that had been organized on the frozen lake near Dusetos. Nowadays this tradition is abandoned because of safety requirements. The race is organised at a hippodrome on the shore of the Sartai Lake.

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