Ainus

Ainsky Lake is located in the Tomarinsky urban district of the Sakhalin region, on the island of Sakhalin. It is a lagoon lake. It got its name due to the fact that the indigenous inhabitants of the Kuril Islands and South Sakhalin called themselves Ainu. From the Ainu language "ainu" is translated as "man" or "man". The area of the lake is 32.4 square kilometers. The river Ainskaya flows through it.

The lake is not deep, the maximum depth is about 3 meters. The lake is famous for its large number of fish. Here you can catch smelt, taimen, kunju, simu. Fishing on the lake is year-round. The lake has a duct through which you can go to the sea, where cod and various types of flounder are caught.