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Lake Sartai

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Location
  
Rokiškis and Zarasai

Primary outflows
  
Šventoji

Surface area
  
13.32 km (5.14 sq mi)

Area
  
13.32 km²

Inflow source
  
Šventoji

Number of islands
  
6

Primary inflows
  
Šventoji

Basin countries
  
Lithuania

Max. depth
  
20.9 m (69 ft)

Shore length
  
79 km

Primary outflow
  
Šventoji

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Lake Sartai is located in Rokiškis and Zarasai municipalities, northeastern Lithuania. The lake's 79 km shoreline is the longest in Lithuania. There are six islands in the lake. River Šventoji flows through it.

Map of Lake Sartai, Lithuania

The lake was famous for the annual horse races that had been organized on the frozen lake near Dusetos. Nowadays this tradition is abandoned because of safety requirements. The race is organised at a hippodrome on the shore of the Sartai Lake.

References

Lake Sartai Wikipedia