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Veľké Hincovo pleso

Veľké Hincovo pleso is the biggest and deepest mountain lake of glacial origin in the , . The maximum depth is 53 metres. Its surface remains frozen for around 270 days per year.
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Photo: Kristo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake
  • Also known as: “Large Hincovo Lake”, “Vel’ke Hincovo Pleso”, and “Veľké Hincovo Pleso”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vyšné Kôprovské sedlo and Malé Hincovo pleso.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Gower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain saddle.

Lake
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a lake.

Lake
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is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rovienky and Štrbské Pleso.

Locality
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is a locality.

Suburb
Photo: Rafik k, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a ski, tourist, and health resort in the , located on the . With extensive parking facilities and a stop on the Tatra trolley and rack railway, it is a starting point for a host of popular hikes including to and .

Locality
Photo: Rafik k, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality, which is situated 8 km east of Veľké Hincovo pleso.

Veľké Hincovo pleso

Latitude
49.17901° or 49° 10′ 44″ north
Longitude
20.0595° or 20° 3′ 34″ east
Elevation
1,949 metres (6,394 feet)
Open location code
8GX253H5+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22774945
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
723266
Wiki­data ID
Q971706
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Ukrainian—“Veľké Hincovo pleso” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Veľké Hincovo pleso”
  • Cebuano: “Veľké Hincovo Pleso”
  • Czech: “Veľké Hincovo pleso”
  • Dutch: “Veľké Hincovo pleso”
  • French: “Veľké Hincovo pleso”
  • German: “Großer Hinzensee”
  • German: “Veľké Hincovo pleso”
  • Greek: “Βελκέ Χιντσοβό”
  • Hungarian: “Nagy-Hincó-tó”
  • Lithuanian: “Velke Hincovo Plesas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Veľké Hincovo pleso”
  • Norwegian: “Veľké Hincovo pleso”
  • Polish: “Wielki Hińczowy Staw”
  • Polish: “Wielki Staw Hińczowy”
  • Russian: “Вельке Гинцово Плесо”
  • Russian: “Вельке-Гинцово-Плесо”
  • Rusyn: “Вельке Гинцово плесо”
  • Slovak: “Veľké Hincovo pleso”
  • Ukrainian: “Вельке Гінцово плесо”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Zadná poľana and Opalony Upłaz.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Malé Hincovo pleso and Hincove oká.

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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 “Veľké Hincovo pleso”. Photo: Kristo, CC BY-SA 3.0.