List of the largest lakes in Finland

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In Finland there are 187,888 lakes with a surface area of ​​more than 5 ares (500 m²). 309 lakes have a surface area of ​​more than 10 km².

The 20 largest lakes

lake	Landscape (s)	Area km²	Coordinates	Remarks
Saimaa	South Karelia , South Savo	1,377.05	61 ° 20 ′ 28 ″  N , 028 ° 00 ′ 39 ″  E	Main basin of the lake system of the same name (total 4,377.05 km²)
Päijänne	Central Finland , Päijät-Häme	1,080.63	61 ° 28 ′ 37 "  N , 025 ° 25 ′ 41"  E	largest volume of water
Inarijärvi	Lapland	1,040.28	68 ° 57 ′ 41 ″  N , 027 ° 42 ′ 37 ″  E
Pielinen	North Karelia	894.21	63 ° 14 ′ 47 "  N , 029 ° 39 ′ 23"  E
Oulujärvi	Kainuu	887.09	64 ° 19'00 "  N , 027 ° 15'00"  E
Pihlajavesi	South Savo	712.59	61 ° 43 '48 "  N , 028 ° 51' 36"  E	Part of the Saimaa lake system
Orivesi	South Savo	601.3	62 ° 16'00 "  N , 029 ° 24'00"  E	Part of the Saimaa lake system
Haukivesi	South Savo	562.31	62 ° 10 ′ 25 "  N , 028 ° 22 ′ 38"  E	Part of the Saimaa lake system
Keitele	Central Finland , North Savo	493.59	62 ° 56′00 ″  N , 026 ° 02′00 ″  E
Kallavesi	North Savo	472.76	62 ° 52 '00 "  N , 027 ° 45' 00"  E	Main basin of the Iso-Kalla lake system (total 890 km²)
Puruvesi	South Savo	420.86	61 ° 50 '00 "  N , 029 ° 27' 00"  E	Part of the Saimaa lake system
Pyhäselkä	North Karelia	361.1	62 ° 30'00 "  N , 029 ° 42'00"  E	Part of the Saimaa lake system
Puula	South Savo	330.76	61 ° 48 ′ 36 "  N , 026 ° 41 ′ 38"  E
Lokka	Lapland	315.4	67 ° 49 ′ 12 ″  N , 027 ° 45 ′ 00 ″  E	Reservoir, created in 1967
Höytiäinen	North Karelia	282.64	62 ° 46 '00 "  N , 029 ° 42' 00"  E
Näsijärvi	Pirkanmaa	256.12	61 ° 41 ′ 55 "  N , 023 ° 45 ′ 21"  E
Yli-Kitka	Northern Ostrobothnia , Lapland	237.31	66 ° 10 '00 "  N , 028 ° 42' 00"  E	Part of the Kitkajärvi lake system
Suvasvesi	North Savo	233.58	62 ° 42 '00 "  N , 028 ° 10' 00"  E	Part of the Iso-Kalla lake system
Kemijärvi	Lapland	230.91	66 ° 38 '00 "  N , 027 ° 34'00"  E
Juojärvi	South Savo	219.54	62 ° 39 '00 "  N , 028 ° 43' 01"  E

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• List of Finnish lakes, between 10 and 20 km ( memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• List of Finnish lakes, between 20 and 40 km ( memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• List of Finnish lakes larger than 40 km ² ( Memento of May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Finnish Ministry of the Environment) (English)