Morské oko
Morské oko is a lake in the Vihorlat Mountains in eastern Slovakia. It is the largest non karst lake and the third biggest natural lake in Slovakia. It is at an altitude of 618 m, covers 0.13 km² with a maximum depth of 25.1 m.Photo: Milan Bališin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Slovakia
- Also known as: “Morske oko”, “Morské Oko”, and “Veľké Okno”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Malé Morské oko and Sninský kameň.
Malé Morské oko
Lake
Photo: CaptainClawHE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Malé Morské oko is a dammed lake in the Vihorlatské vrchy mountains. It was formed by landslide processes in an environment of volcanic rocks. It is the second most-preserved and second deepest lake in the Vihorlatské vrchy mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zemplínske Hámre and Strihovce.
Zemplínske Hámre
Village
Strihovce
Village
Strihovce is a village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.
Kolonica
Village
Kolonica is a village and municipality in the Snina District of the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia. It has a population of about 600 people.
Morské oko
- Categories: former protected area and body of water
- Location: Košice Region, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.91512° or 48° 54′ 54″ northLongitude
22.19867° or 22° 11′ 55″ eastElevation
610 metres (2,001 feet)Open location code
8GW4W58X+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 110347927OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
724106Wikidata ID
Q2639347
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Morské oko” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Morské oko”
- Croatian: “Morské oko”
- Czech: “Morské oko”
- Czech: “Veľké Vihorlatské jazero”
- Dutch: “Morské oko”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره مورسك اوكو”
- Esperanto: “Mar-okulo”
- Esperanto: “Morské oko”
- Georgian: “მორსკე-ოკო”
- German: “Morské oko”
- German: “Seeauge”
- Hungarian: “Tengerszem-tó”
- Kazakh: “Morské oko”
- Kazakh: “Морске - Око (көл, Словакия)”
- Kazakh: “Морске - Око”
- Kinyarwanda: “Ikiyaga cya Morské oko muri Slovakiya”
- Latvian: “Morske Oko (Slovākija)”
- Latvian: “Morske Oko”
- Latvian: “Morské oko”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morské oko”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veľké Vihorlatské jazero”
- Polish: “Morské oko”
- Russian: “Morské oko”
- Russian: “Морске Око”
- Russian: “Морске-Око”
- Slovak: “Morské oko”
- Slovak: “Veľké Vihorlatské jazero”
- Spanish: “Morské oko”
- Ukrainian: “Morské oko”
- Ukrainian: “Морське Око”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Správa chránenej oblasti Vihorlat, informačné centrum Rybárka and Milier.
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