Pintu Lake
Pintu Lake is located in a corner of the Latgale upland, in Pasiene parish of Zilupe municipality, 4 km southwards from Šuškova village. It is at 121.6 m above sea level.
The lake has a foot-form. A river forms a lake pair with a parallel Lake Šešku, which is separated by a ridge. Along the eastern part the shore is high, steep, in other parts they are low and sloping. The bottom is even, sludgy, due to the considerable depth by the shore the lake is not overgrown with algae.
There is an outflow going to the Lake Plusons. South-westwards from the lake there is Meikšāni village.
Area: 39.4 ha
Length: 1.3 km, max. width: 0.4 km.
Average depth: 4.6 m, max. depth: 7.4 m.
Basin: 3.6 km2 (it belongs to the basin of the Velikaya River)
Latvijas daba. 4.sēj. – Rīga: Latvijas enciklopēdija, 1997. – P.134.