51.5247, 23.8983karst lake
Somynets
Соминець
Shatsk National Nature Park; the “Somynets” ichthyological reserve (46 ha)
Verified dataset
Key facts
Somynets is a shallow, elongated lake near Svitiaz and the ichthyological reserve of the same name. More than five metres of sapropel silt lie beneath its level bed, and waterfowl nest on the lake.
- Area
- 0.43 km²
- Maximum depth
- 2.8 m
- Average depth
- 1.7 m
- Shoreline
- 3.1 km
Water
Published water indicators
- Transparency
- ≈1.25 m
- pH
- —
- Total dissolved solids
- —
- Dissolved oxygen
- —
Ichthyofauna
Fish of the lake
All species →Ecosystem
Flora and birds
Birds
What to know
Lake in detail
- About 1.2 km north-east of Svitiaz, close to the road to the Hriada locality.
- The bed is level but covered with a layer of greenish sapropel silt more than 5 m thick.
- Eleven fish profiles are attested for the lake: the official water-management profile names tench, bream, crucian carp, perch, pike and carp, while the lake-specific description adds bleak, ruffe, rudd, weatherfish and the invasive brown bullhead.
- The sources do not resolve “crucian carp” to a species; it is matched to the native crucian carp only with moderate confidence, and the species profile carries that caveat.
- An important ornithological reserve: mallard, common pochard and swans nest here.
- One of the most elongated basins in the group, with an elongation ratio of about 2.3, on a par with Svitiaz and Krymne.
- Taken into Shatsk National Nature Park in 2010, when the park's boundaries were extended.
State and recreation
The lake today
How the lake has changed
1933–2021
The area has shrunk by roughly 10% and the estimated volume by almost 38%; the comparison depends on the mapping methods used in different years.
Geography and access
Places nearby
All places →village
Svityaz village
Svityaz is a resort village on the southern and south-eastern shore of the lake of the same name. It is the principal hub for beach access and visitor accommodation around Lake Svitiaz.
Open profile →settlement
Shatsk
Shatsk is the administrative centre and main gateway to the Shatsk lake district. The settlement lies between Lakes Liutsymyr and Chorne Velyke and concentrates the community’s everyday services.
Open profile →Language note
Editorial scope
This English profile carries the full narrative, chronology and local traditions. Source titles stay in their original language, and the Ukrainian page remains the reference version.
Read the Ukrainian profile →Sources
Source titles are retained in their original language.
Photo «У воді як на небі (озеро Соминець).jpg» — Юрій ТаранCC BY-SA 4.0cropped