Lake Ohrid
Lake Ohrid is a lake which straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern part of North Macedonia and eastern Albania. It is one of Europe's deepest and oldest lakes, with a unique aquatic ecosystem of worldwide importance, with more than 200 endemic species.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in North Macedonia and Albania
- Also known as: “Gjoli”, “Lac ohrid”, “Lac okhrid”, “Lago di Ohrid”, “Lago di Ohrida”, “Lago Okhrid”, “Lake Ochrida”, “Lake of Ochrida”, “Lake Okhrid”, “Limnē Akhridos”, “Limnē Akhris”, “Liqen i Ohrit”, “Liqen‘ i Ohris”, “Liqeni mi Ohrit”, “Liqenit Ohrit”, “Liqenit të Ohrit”, “Llac Licnitis”, “Lychnidus”, “Lychnitis”, “Ochridasjön”, “Ochridsjön”, “Ohri Lake”, “Ohrid”, “Ohrid Gölü”, “Ohrid Sjön”, “Ohrid-søen”, “Ohrida”, “Ohrida-See”, “Ohridmeer”, “Ohrido ežeras”, “Ohridsco-Jezero”, “Ohridské jazero”, “Oĥridsko”, “Ohridsko Ezero”, “Ohridsko Jezero”, “Ohridsko Lake”, “Ohrit”, “Okhri Gölü”, “Pogradeci-tó”, “Pogradecké jezero”, “Strugajärvi”, “Yezero Okhridsko”, “Αχρίδα”, “Λίμνη Οχρίδα”, “Λυχνιτίδα”, “Λυχνιτίς”, “Озеро Охридское”, “Охрид”, “Охридско Језеро”, “Охридское”, “Охридското езеро”, and “Охрідське озеро”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elšani and Lagadin.
Lagadin
Village
Ljubaništa
Village
Lake Ohrid
- Categories: ancient lake and body of water
- Location: North Macedonia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41° north
Longitude
20.75° or 20° 45′ east
Elevation
689 metres (2,260 feet)
Open location code
8GH22Q22+22
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Lake Ohrid” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni i Ohrit”
- Arabic: “بحيرة أوخريد”
- Armenian: “Օխրիդ լիճ”
- Armenian: “Օհրիդ լիճ”
- Asturian: “Llagu d’Ohrid”
- Azerbaijani: “Balkan yarımadası gölləri”
- Basque: “Ohrid aintzira”
- Basque: “Ohrid-eko aintzira”
- Belarusian: “Ахрыдзкае возера”
- Belarusian: “Ахрыдскае возера”
- Belarusian: “Охрыдзкае возера”
- Bosnian: “Ohridsko jezero”
- Bulgarian: “Охридско езеро”
- Catalan: “llac d’Ohrid”
- Catalan: “Llac d’Ohrid”
- Cebuano: “Lake Ohrid”
- Chinese: “奥赫里德湖”
- Chinese: “奧赫里德湖”
- Chuvash: “Охрид кӳлли”
- Croatian: “Ohridsko jezero”
- Czech: “Ochridské jezero”
- Czech: “Ohridské jezero”
- Danish: “Ohridsøen”
- Dutch: “Meer van Ohrid”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Ohrid”
- Estonian: “Ohridi järv”
- Finnish: “Ohridjärvi”
- French: “lac d’Ohrid”
- French: “Lac d’Ohrid”
- French: “Lac d’Okhrid”
- Galician: “Lago de Ohrid”
- Georgian: “ოჰრიდის ტბა”
- German: “Ochridasee”
- German: “Ohridsee”
- Greek: “Οχρίδα”
- Haitian: “Lak Ohrid”
- Hebrew: “אגם אוחריד”
- Hungarian: “Ohridi-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Ohrid”
- Italian: “lago di Ocrida”
- Italian: “Lago di Ocrida”
- Japanese: “オフリド湖”
- Korean: “오흐리드호”
- Kurdish: “Gola Ohrîdê”
- Kurdish: “گۆلائۆ هریدێ”
- Latin: “Lychnidus lacus”
- Latvian: “Ohridas ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Ochrido ežeras”
- Lower Sorbian: “Ohridski jazor”
- Macedonian: “Охридско Езеро”
- Marathi: “ओह्रिड सरोवर”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ohridsjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ohridsjøen”
- Norwegian: “Ohridsjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه اهرید”
- Persian: “دریاچه اوهرید”
- Polish: “Jezioro Ochrydzkie”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Ocrida”
- Portuguese: “Lago Ohrid”
- Romanian: “Lacul Ohrid”
- Romanian: “Lacul Ohrida”
- Russian: “Охридское озеро”
- Serbian: “Ohridsko jezero”
- Serbian: “Охридско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ohridsko jezero”
- Slovak: “Ochridské jazero”
- Slovenian: “Ohridsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago de Ocrida”
- Spanish: “Lago Ohrid”
- Swedish: “Ohridsjön”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบออคริต”
- Turkish: “Ohri Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Охридське озеро”
- Upper Sorbian: “Ohridski jězor”
- Venetian: “lago de Ocrida”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Ohrid”
- Welsh: “Llyn Ohrid”
- “Охридске озеро”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Karaman Dol and Trpejca.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Gradište and Ineks.
North Macedonia: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Skopje and Ohrid.
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