Romania
Transylvania
Sibiu County

Bâlea Lake

Bâlea Lake is a glacier lake situated at an altitude of 2,034 m in the , in central , near , . There are two chalets opened all year round, a meteorological station, and a mountain rescue station.
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Photo: Htzlgrmpft, Public domain.
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: body of water
  • Also known as: “are 203946 de km lungime”, “Bâlea Lak”, “Balea Lake”, “Lacul Bîlea”, and “Lacul Buleii”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iezerul Caprei and Vaiuga.

Peak
Photo: Hardsr, Public domain.
is a peak.

Peak
Photo: Asybaris01, Public domain.
is a peak.

Peak
Photo: Mitrutpopoiu, Public domain.
, at 2,507 metres, is the eighth-highest peak in and the fifth-highest peak from , after Moldoveanu, Negoiu, and .

Bâlea Lake

Latitude
45.6033° or 45° 36′ 12″ north
Longitude
24.61723° or 24° 37′ 2″ east
Elevation
2,035 metres (6,677 feet)
Open location code
8GQ6JJ38+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 336075756
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
684856
Wiki­data ID
Q794973
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Satellite Map

Discover Bâlea Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Bâlea Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة بيليا”
  • Bulgarian: “Бъля”
  • Catalan: “Llac Bâlea”
  • Chinese: “巴萊亞湖”
  • Czech: “Bâlea”
  • Danish: “Bâlea-søen”
  • Danish: “Bâlea”
  • Dutch: “Balea lac”
  • Dutch: “Balea Lac”
  • Dutch: “Bâlea lac”
  • Dutch: “Bâlea Lac”
  • Dutch: “Baleameer”
  • Dutch: “Bâleameer”
  • Dutch: “Lacul Balea”
  • Dutch: “Lacul Bâlea”
  • Esperanto: “Bâlea Lac”
  • Esperanto: “Balea”
  • Esperanto: “Bâlea”
  • French: “Lac Balea”
  • French: “lac Bâlea”
  • French: “Lac Bâlea”
  • Georgian: “ბილია”
  • German: “Balea-See”
  • German: “Bâlea-See”
  • German: “Baleasee”
  • German: “Bâleasee”
  • German: “Lacul Bâlea”
  • Hebrew: “אגם בליה”
  • Hungarian: “Bilea-tó”
  • Italian: “Lago Balea”
  • Japanese: “バレア湖”
  • Japanese: “ブレア湖”
  • Lithuanian: “Bialios ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Bilios ežeras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bâlea”
  • Polish: “Balea”
  • Polish: “Bâlea”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Balea”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Bâlea”
  • Romanian: “Bâlea Lac”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Balea”
  • Romanian: “Lacul bâlea”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Bâlea”
  • Spanish: “Lago Bâlea”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบบือเลอา”
  • Turkish: “Bâlea Gölü”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bâlea Lake”. Photo: Htzlgrmpft, Public domain.