Lake Peipsi

Lake Peipus; is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the border between Estonia and Russia.

The lake is the fifth-largest in Europe after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega, Lake Vänern, and Lake Saimaa.The lake is a remnant of water regularly collecting at the foot of large, perennial arctic ice sheets during recent ice ages. It covers 3,555 km2, and has an average depth of 7.1 m, the deepest point being 15 m. The lake has several islands and consists of three parts:

Lake Peipsi / Chudskoye, the northern part of the lake, with an area of 2,611 km2