Drone video of Lake Peipus and the town of Mustvee in July 2022
Lake Peipus[1][a] is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the international border between Estonia and Russia.[2]
The lake is the fifth-largest in Europe after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (in Russia), Lake Vänern (in Sweden), and Lake Saimaa (in Finland).[3]
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 (1,373 sq mi), and it has an average depth of 7.1 m (23 ft), the deepest point being 15 m (49 ft).[4][5] The lake has several islands and consists of three parts:[6]
Lake Peipus / Chudskoye (Estonian: Peipsi järv, Russian: Чудское озеро), the northern part of the lake, with an area of 2,611 km2 (1,008 sq mi) (73%)
Lake Pihkva / Pskovskoye (Estonian: Pihkva järv, Russian: Псковское озеро), the southern part of the lake (area 708 km2 (273 sq mi) or 20%)
Lake Lämmi / Tyoploye (Estonian: Lämmijärv, Russian: Тёплое озеро), the sound connecting the other two parts of the lake (area 236 km2 (91 sq mi) or 7%)
The lake is used for fishing and recreation, but suffered from environmental degradation from Soviet-era agriculture. Some 30 rivers and streams discharge into Lake Peipus, the two largest of which are the Velikaya and Emajõgi. The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland via the Narva River.
On 5 April 1242, the frozen lake was the site of the Battle on the Ice (also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus) between the armies of the Novgorod Republic and the Teutonic Order.
^Lake Peipus. Encyclopædia Britannica online
^Lake Peipus. Encyclopædia Britannica online
^The whispering waters of Estonia – Visit Estonia
^Чудско-Псковское озеро, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
^(in Russian) Russian lakes with area of more than 350 km². (GIF table). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
^Gulnara Roll; Robben Romano (2001). "Challenges and opportunities for Development of an Effective Transboundary Water Management Regime in the Lake Peipus Basin: The Estonian–Russian Border Area". In Ganster, Paul (ed.). Cooperation, Environment, and Sustainability in Border Regions. San Diego: San Diego State University Press. p. 288. Lake Peipus .... consists of three unequal parts: northern Lake Peipus ...; southern Lake Pskov ...; and the narrow, strait-like Lake Lämmi
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LakePeipus is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the international border between Estonia and Russia. The lake is the fifth-largest in...
The Battle on the Ice, alternatively known as the Battle of LakePeipus (German: Schlacht auf dem Peipussee; Russian: битва на Чудском озере, romanized: bitva...
LakePeipus dialect (Russian: Причудский говор) is a Russian language variety spoken on both sides of the LakePeipus in Pskov Oblast, Russia and some...
region of Russia. LakePeipus dialect (Russian: Причудский говор) is a Russian language variety spoken on both sides of LakePeipus in Pskov Oblast, Russia...
well as in the city of Pskov in Russia. It is the largest tributary of LakePeipus and belongs to the drainage basin of the Narva. It is 430 kilometres...
Finland (part of the Baltic Sea) across from Finland, to the east by LakePeipus and Russia, and to the south by Latvia. Besides the part of the European...
counties. While a small settlement of Russian Old Believers on the coast of LakePeipus has an over 300-year long history, the large majority of the ethnic Russian...
retreat of Denmark in 1346, bordered on the Gulf of Finland in the north, LakePeipus and Russia to the east, and Lithuania to the south. As a consequence...
the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by LakePeipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger...
the Emajõgi river, which connects the two largest lakes in Estonia, Lake Võrtsjärv and LakePeipus. From the 13th century until the end of the 19th century...
goes to LakePeipus to fetch wood. He meets the Air-maiden in a well. Canto XI - The loss of the sword The Kalevide walks across LakePeipus but a sorcerer...
same name. The river stretches from LakePeipus northward to the Gulf of Finland. The corridor of land from LakePeipus to the coast is about forty five...
western coast of LakePeipus, and on Piirissaar Island. Their proximity to LakePeipus gives them their name peipsivenelased ("Peipus Russians") in Estonian...
through a reservoir or lake is open to interpretation. For this table, when a source for the total length of a river system involving lakes is lacking, the shortest...
(Võru County) in the west. In the northwest, Pskov Oblast is limited by LakePeipus, which makes up most of the state border with Estonia. The oblast is...
borders were the Governorate of Estonia to the north, LakePeipus and the strait connecting it with Lake Pskov to the east, the Governorate of Pskov and Vitebsk...
Mustvee is a town in Mustvee Parish, Estonia. It lies on the shore of LakePeipus in Jõgeva County. Its population of 1,600 is approximately half Estonian...
island located in LakePeipus. It belongs to Tartu County as the Tartu Parish. Piirissaar is the second largest island in LakePeipus with a size of 7...
peoples. The ancestral homes of many Setos can be found to the south of LakePeipus, in the Setomaa region. After 1991 however, this territory was divided...
(Estonian: Setumaa; Russian: Сетумаа, Seto: Setomaa) is a region south of LakePeipus and traditionally inhabited by the Seto people. The Seto dialect is a...
Alexander's advance guard at Mooste bridge south of Tartu. April 5 – Battle of LakePeipus (or Battle on the Ice): Russian forces led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff...
boundary that used to run in the middle of LakePeipus did not change, while the boundary south of LakePeipus was also moved westwards (by about 25 kilometers)...
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