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.
- Type: Lake
- Description: the deepest and the second largest lake of Finland
- Also known as: “Päijänne”, “Päijanne Lake”, “Päjane”, and “Pyayyanne”
Lake Päijänne
- Categories: lake or pond and body of water
- Location: Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.58333° or 61° 35′ north
Longitude
25.5° or 25° 30′ east
Elevation
74 metres (243 feet)
Open location code
9GH7HGM2+82
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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: “Päijänne”
- Bulgarian: “Пяйяне”
- Bulgarian: “Пяйянне”
- 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”
- Hebrew: “אגם פיינה”
- Inari Sami: “Päijänne”
- Interlingue: “Päijänne”
- Irish: “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”
- Luxembourgish: “Päijänne”
- 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: “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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