Saimaa (Lake) (English spelling)

Japanese: サイマー[湖]（英語表記）Saimaa

Located in southeastern Finland near the border with Russia, this is the largest lake in Finland. Because the shoreline is as complicated as a maze, the lake is sometimes referred to as just the southern part of 1,460 km2 (South Saimaa) and sometimes as the entire 4,400 km2 area (Greater Saimaa) at the same altitude. The lake surface is 76 m above sea level, with an average depth of 17 m and a maximum depth of 82 m. A canal was built connecting it to the Gulf of Finland in 1856, and repairs were completed in 1968, making it a 42.9 km long canal with eight sluice gates. [Ogishima Takashi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

フィンランド南東部，ロシアとの国境近くに位置するフィンランド最大の湖。湖岸線が迷路のように入り組んでいるため，1460km2の南部(南サイマー)だけをさす場合と，同一標高の4400km2全体(大サイマー)をさす場合とある。湖面標高76m，平均水深17m，最深部82m。1856年フィンランド湾と結ぶ運河ができ，1968年改修工事が完成して，八つの水門をもつ全長42.9kmの運河となった。【荻島崇】

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