Kizhskiy Strait
# Kizhskiy Strait

Kizhskiy Strait (Russian: Кижский пролив) is a strait in northwestern Russia (Republic of Karelia), located at 62°0′53″N 35°11′31″E﻿ / ﻿62.01472°N 35.19194°E﻿ / 62.01472; 35.19194, separating the islands Kizhskiye Shkery and the Zaonezhye Peninsula.

It connects the Bolshoye Onego Bay (Lake Onega) in the south-west with the Maloye Onego Bay in the north-east. It is 20 km long and 0.1–1.5 km wide.

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