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Lake Inari
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| Location | Inari, Lapland Province |
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| Primary outflows | Paatsjoki |
| Basin countries | Finland |
| Max length | 80 km |
| Max width | 50 km |
| Surface area | 1,040.28 km²[1] |
| Average depth | 15 m |
| Max depth | 92 m |
| Water volume | 15,9 km³ |
| Shore length1 | 3,308 km |
| Surface elevation | 118.7 m[1] |
| Islands | 3318 (Hautuumaasaari, Ukonkivi) |
| Settlements | Inari |
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Lake Inari (Finnish: Inarijärvi, Northern Sami: Anárjávri, Inari Sami: Aanaarjävri, Skolt Sami: Aanarjäuˊrr, Swedish: Enare träsk) is the third largest lake in Finland. It is located in the northern part of Lapland, north of the Arctic Circle. The lake is 117–119 meters above sea level and it is regulated at the Kaitakoski power plant in Russia. The freezing period normally extends from November to early June.
The most well known islands of the lake are Hautuumaasaari ("Graveyard Island"), which served as cemetery of ancient Sami people and Ukonkivi ("Ukko's Stone"), a historical sacrifice place of the ancient habitants of the area. There are over 3,000 islands in total. Trout, lake salmon, white fish, perch and pike are found in Lake Inari's waters.
The lake covers 1,040 square kilometres. It empties northwards through the Paatsjoki at the mouth of the Varangerfjord, which is a bay of Barents Sea.
In the His Dark Materials trilogy of books, by Phillip Pullman, there is a lake called Enara, which is thought to be an alternate version of Inari. It is the region over which the witch queen Serafina Pekkala presides.
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