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Onondaga Lake is northwest of the city of Syracuse, New York and south of Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes. Water outflows from the lake to Lake Ontario through the Oswego River. The lake is five miles (8 kilometers)long and one mile (1.5 kilometers) wide. Although it is located near the Finger Lakes region, it is not actually considered one of the Finger Lakes.
Onondaga Lake has an area of 4.6 square miles (11.9 square kilometers) and has a maximum depth of 64 feet (19.5 meters). Historically, the lake and the surrounding area is a site of salt mining. Recently, an effort has been made to clean up the severely polluted water in the lake.
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