Permusozero

Permusozero, or as it is also called Lake Permus, is located in the heart of the Murmansk region, in the Olenegorsk urban district. A little further south lies Lake Imandra. Along the west coast lies the highway and the railway Murmansk-Saint Petersburg.

The lake is connected by the Kurenga River flowing from it with the water system of the White Sea, namely Lake Imandra. The shape is elongated, a little more than 12 kilometers long. The area is about 24 square kilometers, making the lake the 30th largest on the peninsula.

There are many swamps on the northern shores, so no one lives here. In places, hills rise up to 200 meters high. The southern coast, by contrast, is wooded and drier. In the northeast, a small duct connects Permusozero with Lake Big Okunje. The largest island is High Voltage 630 meters long.

On the southern shores of the lake there are settlements - the village of High and the city of Olenegorsk.

The latter, in turn, uses the waters of Permusozer as drinking water. The ecological condition of the lake is not perfect. Water samples showed an excess of the permissible level of manganese content by 5 times, and copper by 3 times.

Permusozero is polluted by sewage from the Olenegorsk plant, which enters the lake through the Komarin Creek.