Mogilnoye

Lake Mogilnoye
Location Kildin Island, Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates 69°19′11″N 34°20′55″E / 69.31972°N 34.34861°E / 69.31972; 34.34861Coordinates: 69°19′11″N 34°20′55″E / 69.31972°N 34.34861°E / 69.31972; 34.34861
Basin countries Russia
Max. length 0.56 km (0.35 mi)
Max. width 0.28 km (0.17 mi)
Surface area 0.09 km2 (0.035 sq mi)
Max. depth 17 m (56 ft)

Lake Mogilnoye (Russian: Озеро Могильное) is a small salt/fresh-water lake on the Kildin Island, Murmansk Oblast, Russia near Kildin Strait. The name refers to the destruction and plundering being done by British troops to the area during the Finnish War in 1809.[1]

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