Dolgoye Lake

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DOLGOYE LAKE (Long Lake) is located in the northern St. Petersburg at the crossing of Olkhovskaya Street and Koroleva Avenue. Before the 18th century, it was named Pitkyyarvi ("long lake"). It is located in low foreland of littorina terrace 4-6 meters high which was considerably changed during the development of the adjacent territory in 1980-90s. The lake is about 450 meters long, up to 50 meters wide and 2 meters deep. The adjacent area is used as a recreation zone. Dolgoye Lake gave its name to Dolgoye Lake district of apartment block buildings and Dolgoozernaya Street.

Y. P. Seliverstov. Dolgoozernaya Street/Saint Petersburg, city
Koroleva Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Olkhovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city