The Jaugiliai (or Jaugėliai) is a lake in Krakės Eldership, Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north from Krakės town, at Jaugiliai village. It belongs to the Smilga basin (part of the Nevėžis basin) as the Smilga's tributary the Jaugila passes through the lake.
| Jaugiliai | |
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.JPG) Jaugiliai Lake and village | |
  Jaugiliai  Jaugiliai | |
| Location | Kėdainiai District Municipality, Lithuania |
| Coordinates | 55°26′35″N 23°44′13″E / 55.44306°N 23.73694°E |
| Part of | Smilga→ Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
| Primary inflows | Jaugila |
| River sources | Jaugila |
| Max. length | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
| Max. width | 0.1 km (0.062 mi) |
| Surface area | 0.037 km2 (0.014 sq mi)[1] |
| Shore length1 | 0.9 km (0.56 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 88.8 m (291 ft) |
| Settlements | Jaugiliai |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Coasts of the lake are flat, swampy. Nearby the western end of the lake another Rimkai Lake is located.
The name Jaugiliai comes from the village name Jaugiliai.[2]
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- ^ "Jaugiliai (ežeras)". Gamtos katalogas. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.