Aluksnes [3] [4] [5] (outdated. Marienburg [6] ; Latvian. Alūksnes ezers , Oluksnes azars ) [4] - a lake in the Aluksne region of Latvia . The eleventh largest lake in Latvia [7] . Most of the water area is located on the territory of the Jaunaluksna volost , except for the southern tip related to the city of Aluksne [8] [4] . The border of the Ziemera parish runs along the western shore of the lake, and the Markalne volost [8] [2] along the northern shore. The total area of the lake is 15.57 km² [1] , of which 15.437 km² falls on the water surface [2] . The average depth is 7.1 m, the deepest point (15.2 m) is located in the northern part of the lake. The islands occupy 13.2 hectares, the largest - the island of Pilssala ( Latvian. Pilssala ) with an area of 9.9 hectares, on which are located the ruins of a castle fortress built in 1342 [2] . The lake basin is 28.4 km² [1] .
| Lake | |
| Aluksnes | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Alūksnes ezers | |
 View from the Kapsetas Peninsula to the southern tip of Lake Aluksnes in the summer of 2007 | |
| Morphometry | |
| Absolute height | 183.7 [1] m |
| Dimensions | 5.7 [1] × up to 4.25 [1] km |
| Area | 15,437 [2] km² |
| Volume | 0.109 [1] km³ |
| Coastline | 18.5 [1] km |
| Deepest | 15.2 [2] m |
| Average depth | 7.1 [2] m |
| Swimming pool | |
| Pool area | 28.4 [1] km² |
| Flowing river | Aluksne |
| Water system | Aluksne → Pededze → Iviekste → Daugava → Baltic Sea |
| Location | |
| A country |
|
| Edge | Aluksnensky region |
| Volosts | Aluksne , Jaunaluksno parish |
The city of Aluksne [3] [9] is located on the southern shore of the lake.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Alūksnes ezers / A. Tidriķis // (Nature of Latvia: Encyclopedia): 1: A — Dom / G. Kavacs . - Riga: Latvijas enciklopēdija, 1994. - S. 48–49. - (Latvija un latvieši). - ISBN 5-89960-050-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alūksnes ezers (Latvian) . - Information about the lake in the database of the site “Ezeri.lv” (Latvian) (English) . Date of treatment June 5, 2019. Archived on August 18, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Map sheet O-35-XXII - FSUE GOSGISCENTER
- ↑ 1 2 3 Alūksnes ezers (Latvian) . - Information about the object in the public version of the database of toponyms of Latvia (8th edition, published July 28, 2017) on the website of the Latvian Geospatial Information Agency (LĢIA): lgia.gov.lv (Latvian) . Date of treatment June 5, 2019. Archived on September 19, 2018.
- ↑ 3.1.5. The emphasis in the Latvian language falls on the first syllable (both in simple and in complex words) // Instruction on the Russian transfer of geographical names of the Latvian SSR / Compiled by G. N. Savvina . Editor: V.E. Staltman . - Moscow: TsNIIGAiK , 1989. - P. 14. - 300 copies.
- ↑ Sheet 6 of series VII . The military topographic map of the Russian Empire of 1846–1863, created under the leadership of F. F. Schubert and P. A. Tuchkov . Scale: 3 versts per inch (1: 126,000) . ( View with reference )
- ↑ Latvijas iekšējie ūdeņi (Latvian) . . - Inland waters of Latvia. // Central Statistical Office of Latvia. Archived February 22, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Data was obtained using the map service on the website balticmaps.eu (Latvian) (Russian ) (Russian ) .
- ↑ Aluksne City Borders - Data obtained using the OpenStreetMap map service.