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Kizhskiy Strait

Coordinates: 62°0′53″N 35°11′31″E / 62.01472°N 35.19194°E / 62.01472; 35.19194
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Kizhskiy Strait
Kizhskiy Strait is located in Karelia
Kizhskiy Strait
Kizhskiy Strait
LocationLake Onega
Coordinates62°0′53″N 35°11′31″E / 62.01472°N 35.19194°E / 62.01472; 35.19194
Max. length20 km (12 mi)
Max. width1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Min. width0.1 km (0.062 mi)
IslandsKizhi Island

Kizhskiy Strait (Russian: Кижский пролив) is a strait in northwestern Russia (Republic of Karelia), located at 62°0′53″N 35°11′31″E / 62.01472°N 35.19194°E / 62.01472; 35.19194, separating the islands Kizhskiye Shkery and the Zaonezhye Peninsula.

It connects the Bolshoye Onego Bay (Lake Onega) in the south-west with the Maloye Onego Bay in the north-east. It is 20 km long and 0.1–1.5 km wide.

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