Lake Kournas
Lake Kournas is a lake on the island of Crete, Greece, near the village of Kournas. It is in the Apokoronas municipality of Chania regional unit close to the border with Rethymno regional unit, 47 km from the town of Chania.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Greece
- Also known as: “Kournas”, “Lake Kourna”, “Lake Kournás”, and “Limni Kourna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Agios Nikolaos and Agios Georgios.
Agios Nikolaos
Islet
Agios Nikolaos is an islet with a church on the northern coast of Crete in the Aegean Sea. Administratively, it is located within the municipality of Georgioupoli, in Chania regional unit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kournas and Kavros.
Kournas
Village
Kournas is a mountainous village and a community of the Municipality of Apokoronas, Chania, on the Greek island of Crete. It has a population of 1,038 citizens.
Lake Kournas
- Categories: body of water, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.33212° or 35° 19′ 56″ north
Longitude
24.27561° or 24° 16′ 32″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8G7687JG+R6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Kournas from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Lake Kournas” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kourna”
- Armenian: “Կուրնա”
- Bulgarian: “Курна”
- Catalan: “Kournás”
- Catalan: “Kurnàs”
- Cebuano: “Límni Kourná”
- Danish: “Kournasøen”
- Dutch: “Meer van Kournas”
- Esperanto: “Kournas”
- Finnish: “Kournas”
- Finnish: “Kournás”
- Finnish: “Kournasjärvi”
- French: “Kournas”
- French: “lac de Kournás”
- French: “Lac de Kournás”
- German: “Kournas See”
- German: “Kournas-See”
- German: “Kournassee”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Κουρνά”
- Polish: “Jezioro Kournas”
- Polish: “Kournas”
- Russian: “Курна”
- Russian: “Курнас”
- Russian: “Озеро Курна”
- Russian: “Озеро Курнас”
- Swedish: “Kourna”
- Swedish: “Límni Kourná”
- Turkish: “Kournas Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Курнас”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mouri and Mathes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fun Train Talos Express and Gavríli Kefáli.
Crete: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Heraklion, Chania, Rethymno, and Agios Nikolaos.
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