Lake of Kastoria
Lake Orestiada or Lake of Kastoria is a lake in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, northwestern Greece. It spreads out in a natural basin, surrounded by mountains and is the remnant of a huge ancient Miocene lake that reached an area of 164 square kilometres and at a depth of 50 meters.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Lake Kastoria”, “Lake Orestiada”, “Límni Kastoría”, “Limni Kastorias”, “Límni Orestiás”, “Λίμνη Ορεστίδος”, and “Орестиада”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa and Museum of the Macedonian Struggle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Doltso and Kastoria.
Lake of Kastoria
- Category: body of water
- Location: West Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.51837° or 40° 31′ 6″ north
Longitude
21.29002° or 21° 17′ 24″ east
Elevation
623 metres (2,044 feet)
Open location code
8GG3G79R+82
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Lake of Kastoria” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni i Kosturit”
- Arabic: “بحيرة قستورية”
- Armenian: “Կաստորիա”
- Bulgarian: “Костурско езеро”
- Cebuano: “Lanaw ang Orestiada”
- Cebuano: “Límni Kastorías”
- Chinese: “卡斯托里亞湖”
- Danish: “Orestiadasøen”
- Dutch: “Laki Orestiada”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اوريستيادا”
- Esperanto: “Lago Orestiada”
- Finnish: “Orestiáda”
- French: “Lac Kastoria”
- French: “lac Orestiada”
- French: “Lac Orestiáda”
- Georgian: “ორესტიასი”
- German: “Kastoria-See”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Καστοριάς”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Καστορίας”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Ορεστιάδα”
- Hebrew: “אגם אורסטיאדה”
- Italian: “lago Orestiada”
- Italian: “Lago Orestiada”
- Japanese: “オレスティアダ湖”
- Macedonian: “Костурско Езеро”
- Persian: “دریاچه اورستیادا”
- Polish: “Kastoria”
- Polish: “Laki Orestiada”
- Russian: “Кастория”
- Russian: “Лаки Орестиада”
- Russian: “озеро Кастория”
- Serbian: “Костурско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Orestijada”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Orestijada”
- Swedish: “Límni Kastorías”
- Turkish: “Kesriye Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Лаки Орестіада”
- Ukrainian: “Орестіада”
- Venetian: “lago Orestiada”
- Veps: “Orestiad”
- Welsh: “Llyn Orestiada”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Apozari and Καλλιθέα.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Εξωκλήσσι Άγιος Αθανάσιος and Kastoria Hill.
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