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Kilpola
Kilpola. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Kilpola (Russian: Кильпола; Finnish: Kilpolansaari) is an island 6 x 8 km among the skerries in the northwestern part of the Lake Ladoga, in Lakhdenpokhsky District of Republic of Karelia, connected to the mainland by a bridge. It is composed of granite hills rising up to about 60 m. above sea-level (55 m above the level of the lake) and covered by Scots Pine forest. There are several lakes on the island.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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