Mikolajskie lake – area: 5 sq. km, length: 5.8 km, width: 1.6 km, depth: 25.9 m.
This lake fills a part of the lake trough running from Ryn to Ruciane-Nida. Its coast
is usually high, and its western part is covered with forest (the Piska Forest).
Sniardwy lake (together with neighbouring bays) – area: 113.8 sq. km, length:
22.1 km, width: 13.4 km, depth: 23.4 m. In the southern part of the lake there are
islands: Pajecza, Czarci Ostrow (Devel’s Islet) and Szeroki Ostrow (Wide Islet),
connected with the land by a dam. On the island of Czarci Ostrow one can spot
remains of a stronghold erected in 1784-96.
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