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{{Short description|Lake in Cumbria, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Coniston Water | image = Coniston_Water_from_Holme_Fell.jpg | caption = View from [[Holme Fell]], {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} north | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[Lake District, Cumbria]] | coords = {{coord|54|21|N|3|04|W|region:GB_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Lake District#United Kingdom South Lakeland | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the [[Lake District National Park]]##Location in [[South Lakeland]], [[Cumbria]] | inflow = | outflow = [[River Crake]] | catchment = | basin_countries = United Kingdom | length = {{convert|8.8|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|793|m|mi|2|abbr=on}} | area = {{convert|4.7|km2|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|24.1|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} | max-depth = {{convert|56.1|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} | volume = {{convert|1.133e8|m3|abbr=on}} | residence_time = 340 days | shore = {{convert|20.2|km|abbr=on}} | elevation = {{convert|43.6|m|abbr=on}} | islands = 2; [[Peel Island, Cumbria|Peel Island]], Oak Island.<br />1 partial; (at high water) Fir Island | cities = }} '''Coniston Water''' is a lake in the [[Lake District]] in [[North West England]]. It is the third largest by volume, after [[Windermere]] and [[Ullswater]], and the fifth-largest by area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lakes In The Lake District Of The United Kingdom |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/lakes-in-the-lake-district-of-the-united-kingdom.html |website=World Atlas |date=25 April 2017 |access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref> The lake has a length of {{Convert|8.7|km|mi|frac=16}}, a maximum width of {{Convert|730|m|yd|-1}}, and a maximum depth of {{Convert|56.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. Its outflow is the [[River Crake]], which drains into [[Morecambe Bay]] via the estuary of the [[River Leven, Cumbria|River Leven]]. The lake is in the unitary authority of [[Westmorland and Furness]], and the ceremonial county of [[Cumbria]].
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