Ełk Lake

Ełk Lake
Ełk Lake with the town of Ełk in the background
Ełk Lake
Location	Masurian Lake District
Coordinates	53°48′24″N 22°20′58″E
Basin countries	Poland
Surface area	3.82 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Average depth	15 m (49 ft)
Max. depth	58.2 m (191 ft)
Settlements	Ełk

Ełk Lake (Polish: Jezioro Ełckie, German: Lycker See; Lithuanian: Luko ežeras) 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

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  Promenade
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  Panorama of the bridge on the lake
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  View of the lake and the city from the west
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  View the east bank
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  Lake circa 1900