Lake Päijänne
Päijänne is the second largest lake in Finland. The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland via the Kymi River. The major islands are from north to south Vuoritsalo, Muuratsalo, Onkisalo, Judinsalo, Edessalo, Taivassalo, Haukkasalo, Vehkasalo, Mustassalo, Virmailansaari and Salonsaari.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in central Finland
- Also known as: “Päijänne”, “Päijanne Lake”, “Päjane”, and “Pyayyanne”
Lake Päijänne
- Category: body of water
- Location: Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Päijänne from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Volapük—“Lake Päijänne” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Päijännemeer”
- Arabic: “باياني”
- Asturian: “Llagu Päijänne”
- Basque: “Päijänne”
- Belarusian: “Пяйяне”
- Belarusian: “Пяянэ”
- Bulgarian: “Пяйяне”
- Catalan: “Llac Päijänne”
- Catalan: “Päijänne”
- Cebuano: “Ozero Pyayyanne”
- Chinese: “派延奈湖”
- Chuvash: “Пяйянне”
- Czech: “Päijänne”
- Danish: “Päijänne”
- Dutch: “Paijanne”
- Dutch: “Päijänne”
- Dutch: “Paijannemeer”
- Dutch: “Päijännemeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره بايانى”
- Esperanto: “lago Päijänne”
- Esperanto: “Paijanne”
- Esperanto: “Päijänne”
- Estonian: “Päijänne”
- Finnish: “Päiänne”
- Finnish: “Päijänne”
- Finnish: “Päjäne”
- French: “Lac Paijanne”
- French: “Lac Päijänne”
- French: “Paijanne”
- French: “Päijänne”
- Georgian: “პიაიანე”
- Georgian: “პიაიიანე”
- German: “Päijänne-See”
- German: “Päijänne”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Πάγιαννε”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Πάιγιανε”
- Inari Sami: “Päijänne”
- Interlingue: “Päijänne”
- Italian: “Päijänne”
- Japanese: “パイエンネ湖”
- Japanese: “パイヤンネ湖”
- Latin: “Lacus Paijanne”
- Latin: “Lacus Päijänne”
- Latin: “Paijanne”
- Latin: “Päijänne”
- Latvian: “Päijänne”
- Latvian: “Päjäne”
- Latvian: “Peijenne”
- Latvian: “Peijennes ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Peijenė”
- Northern Sami: “Päijänne”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Päijänne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Päijänne”
- Norwegian: “Päijänne”
- Persian: “دریاچه پایجانی”
- Persian: “دریاچه پیینه”
- Polish: “Päijänne”
- Portuguese: “Päijänne”
- Quechua: “Päijänne”
- Romanian: “Lacul Paijanne”
- Romanian: “Lacul Päijänne”
- Russian: “Пяййянне”
- Russian: “Пяйянне”
- Russian: “Пяянне”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Päijänne”
- Skolt Sami: “Päijänne”
- Slovak: “Päijänne”
- Slovenian: “Päijänne”
- Spanish: “Lago Päijänne”
- Spanish: “Paijanne”
- Spanish: “Paijänne”
- Spanish: “Päijänne”
- Swedish: “Päijänne”
- Swedish: “Päjäne”
- Turkish: “Päijänne Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Пяйянне”
- Venetian: “Päijänne”
- Volapük: “Päijänne”
- “Päijänne”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Päijänne”. Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.