# Lake Imandra

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{{Short description|Lake in Murmansk, Russia}}
{{For|the large glacial lake in Imatra, Finland|Saimaa}}
{{For|the village on Kola Peninsula|Imandra, Murmansk Oblast}}
{{Infobox body of water
 | name = Lake Imandra
 | image = File:Jeziorko Imandra i Chibiny.JPG
 | caption = 
 | image_bathymetry = 
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 | location = [Kola Peninsula](/source/Kola_Peninsula), [Murmansk Oblast](/source/Murmansk_Oblast)
 | coords = {{coord|67|40|N|33|00|E|region:RU_type:waterbody_scale:2000000|display=inline,title}}
 | pushpin_map = Russia Murmansk Oblast#Russia
 | type = 
 | inflow = 
 | outflow = [Niva River](/source/Niva_River)
 | catchment = 
 | basin_countries = Russia
 | length = 
 | width = 
 | area = {{convert|876|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
 | depth = 
 | max-depth = {{convert|67|m|ft|abbr=on}}
 | volume = 
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 | shore = 
 | elevation = {{convert|127|m|ft|abbr=on}}
 | islands =  [Erm Island](/source/Erm_Island)
 | cities = 
 | frozen = Winter
}}
'''Imandra''' ({{langx|sms|Âʹvverjäuʹrr}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}, [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Имандра, Finnish: ''Imantero'') is a [lake](/source/lake) in the south-western part of the [Kola Peninsula](/source/Kola_Peninsula) in [Murmansk Oblast](/source/Murmansk_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia), slightly beyond the [Arctic Circle](/source/Arctic_Circle). It is located 127 m above sea level; its area is about 876&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, maximum depth is 67 m. The shape of the shore line is complicated. There are a number of islands and the largest one, [Erm Island](/source/Erm_Island) measures 26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. There are three principal parts of the lake connected by narrow straits: [Greater Imandra](/source/Greater_Imandra) (Большая Имандра) or Khibinskaya Imandra in the north (area 328&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, length about 55&nbsp;km, width 3–5&nbsp;km), [Ekostrovskaya Imandra](/source/Ekostrovskaya_Imandra) in the centre (area 351&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), and [Babinskaya Imandra](/source/Babinskaya_Imandra) in the west (area 133&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>). The lake drains into the [Kandalaksha Gulf](/source/Kandalaksha_Gulf) of the [White Sea](/source/White_Sea) by the [Niva River](/source/Niva_River). The lake is known for the transparency of its water and its abundance of [fish](/source/fish).

== Towns on or near the lake==
The town of [Monchegorsk](/source/Monchegorsk), located on the Monche-Guba inlet in the north-western part of the lake, is known as a centre of winter sports. During the summer, many residents enjoy boating on the lake, while in winter the frozen lake is popular with [cross-country ski](/source/cross-country_ski)ers.

[Apatity](/source/Apatity) is located near the eastern shore of the lake, and [Polyarnye Zori](/source/Polyarnye_Zori) are on the [Niva River](/source/Niva_River) a few kilometers below its outflow from the lake.

<gallery class="center">
File:Chibini_massif_and_lake_imandra.jpg|View on lake Imandra from the [Khibiny Mountains](/source/Khibiny_Mountains)
File:Мончегорск с высоты.jpg|A section of the Monche Guba in [Monchegorsk](/source/Monchegorsk) (running across the photo from right to left)
File:Lake Imandra NASA.jpg|Satellite image
</gallery>

== Navigation ==
Presently, Lake Imandra is only used by local residents for recreational boating.

However, for several years in the 1930s, before the railway branch between [Monchegorsk](/source/Monchegorsk) and the [Leningrad-Murmansk mainline](/source/Kirov_Railway) was built, Monchegorsk was connected to the rest of the country in summer by boat across Lake Imandra. Ferries from Monchegorsk would dock in Tik-Guba (today's [Apatity](/source/Apatity)), on the main rail line.<ref>M.P. Ilyina, "[http://www.sakharov-center.ru/asfcd/auth/?t=page&num=8895   Этого забыть нельзя]" (This cannot be forgotten), in "Спецпереселенцы в Хибинах : Спецпереселенцы и заключенные в истории освоения Хибин : (книга воспоминаний)" ('''Special settlers' in the Khibins: Special settlers and convicts in the history of the developments of the [Khibins](/source/Khibiny_Mountains)''). The Khibiny Branch of the Memorial Society, Apatity, 1997, p. 115</ref>

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