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Štrbské pleso

Štrbské pleso is a picturesque mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the , . It is the second-largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after . Maximum depth is 20 metres.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in the High Tatra Mountains
  • Also known as: “Lake Štrba”, “Štrba Lake”, and “Štrba Tarn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hrdinom SNP and Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway.

Memorial
Photo: Doko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a memorial.

Railway station
Photo: MIGORMCZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The – rack railway is a 1,000 mm gauge narrow-gauge railway in the . It was built in 1896 and reconstructed in 1970. At the valley terminus, it connects to the standard-gauge main line between and , and at the mountain terminus, it connects to the Tatra Electric Railway.

Railway station
Photo: Maksim, Public domain.
is a junction station in the . It serves the settlement of , which is part of the village of , in the , northeastern .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Štrbské Pleso and Tatranská Štrba.

Suburb
Photo: Rafik k, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a ski, tourist, and health resort in the , located on the lake by the same name. 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 .

Suburb
Photo: Doko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a suburb.

Štrbské pleso

Latitude
49.12222° or 49° 7′ 20″ north
Longitude
20.05777° or 20° 3′ 28″ east
Elevation
1,349 metres (4,426 feet)
Named after
Štrba
Open location code
8GX243C5+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4816134
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
723466
Wiki­data ID
Q392489
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Venetian—“Štrbské pleso” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ştrbske-Pleso”
  • Belarusian: “Штрбскае плеса”
  • Belarusian: “Штырбскае возера”
  • Belarusian: “Штырбскае плеса”
  • Catalan: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Cebuano: “Štrbské Pleso (lanaw)”
  • Cebuano: “Štrbské Pleso”
  • Chinese: “斯特爾布斯凱湖”
  • Chuvash: “Штрбске Плесо”
  • Czech: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Danish: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Dutch: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ستربسك پليسو”
  • Esperanto: “Csorba-tó”
  • Esperanto: “Csorbató”
  • Esperanto: “Strbske pleso”
  • Esperanto: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Esperanto: “Tschirmer”
  • French: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Georgian: “შტრბსკე-პლესოს ტბა”
  • German: “Štrbské pleso”
  • German: “Tschirmer See”
  • Hungarian: “Csorba-tó”
  • Italian: “Strbske pleso”
  • Italian: “Strbské pleso”
  • Italian: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Japanese: “シュトゥルプスケ・プレソ”
  • Korean: “슈트르프스케플레소호”
  • Lithuanian: “Štrbske Plesas”
  • Lithuanian: “Štrbske Pleso”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Csorba-tó”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Csorbató”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Szczyrbskie jezioro”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tschirmer See”
  • Polish: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Polish: “Szczyrbskie Jezioro”
  • Romanian: “Strbske Pleso”
  • Romanian: “Štrbské Pleso”
  • Russian: “Штрбске Плесо”
  • Russian: “Штрбске-Плесо”
  • Rusyn: “Штрбске плесо”
  • Slovak: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Spanish: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Swedish: “Csorba-tó”
  • Swedish: “Csorbató”
  • Swedish: “Štrbské pleso”
  • Swedish: “Tschirmer See”
  • Ukrainian: “Штрбське плесо”
  • Ukrainian: “Щирбське озеро”
  • Venetian: “Štrbské pleso”

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