Lake Orivesi
Orivesi is a large lake in Finland, belonging to the municipalities of Kitee, Liperi and Rääkkylä in North Karelia, as well as Savonlinna in South Savo.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake of Finland, part of Saimaa
- Also known as: “Orihvesi”, “Orikhvesi”, and “Ozero Orikhvesi”
Lake Orivesi
- Category: body of water
- Location: Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.26667° or 62° 16′ north
Longitude
29.4° or 29° 24′ east
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
9GJF7C82+M2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Orivesi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة أورفيسي”
- Catalan: “Orivesi”
- Cebuano: “Orivesi”
- Chinese: “奧里韋西湖”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اورفيسى”
- Finnish: “Orivesi”
- French: “lac Orivesi”
- French: “Lac Orivesi”
- Georgian: “ორივესი”
- Georgian: “ორივესის ტბა”
- German: “Orivesi”
- Italian: “Orivesi (lago)”
- Italian: “Orivesi”
- Japanese: “オリヴェシ湖”
- Kotava: “Orivesi uzda”
- Latvian: “Orivesi”
- Lithuanian: “Orivesio ežeras”
- Polish: “Orivesi”
- Russian: “Оривеси”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Orivesi”
- Swedish: “Orivesi”
- Turkish: “Orivesi Gölü”
- Welsh: “Llyn Orivesi”
- “Orivesi”
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Places to explore: Voiniemi and Riihilahti.
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