Kosel
Kosel is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. The village is known for its proximity to the extinct volcano Duvalo, which gives the village and its surroundings a permanent sulfuric scent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kiril Simeonovski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 1,280 residents
- Description: village in North Macedonia
- Also known as: “Kosel, North Macedonia” and “Koselj”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duvalo and St. Nicholas.
Duvalo
Volcano
Photo: Kiril Simeonovski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Duvalo is an active geothermal surface feature situated close to the village of Kosel, near Lake Ohrid in the southwest of North Macedonia. Located at 740 metres above the sea level, it resembles a miniature crater with a diameter of 50 metres and a depth of 30 metres.
St. Nicholas
Church
Photo: Kiril Simeonovski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Nicholas is a church, which is situated 3 km east of Kosel.
Holy Salvation
Church
Photo: Ehrlich91, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holy Salvation is a church, which is situated 4 km south of Kosel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leskoec and Ohrid.
Leskoec
Village
Photo: Kiril Simeonovski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leskoec is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. Leskoec is situated 2½ km south of Kosel.
Ohrid
Photo: Avramescu Marius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ohrid is a town in southwestern North Macedonia on the shore of Lake Ohrid. A town of vast history and heritage, it was made a UNESCO heritage site in 1980.
Kosel
- Category: locality
- Location: Ohrid, North Macedonia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.17365° or 41° 10′ 25″ northLongitude
20.83428° or 20° 50′ 3″ eastPopulation
1,280Elevation
747 metres (2,451 feet)Open location code
8GH25RFM+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1952751293OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
789247Wikidata ID
Q3136230
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Satellite Map
Discover Kosel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Kosel” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Qoslia”
- Bulgarian: “Косел”
- Cebuano: “Kosel”
- Chinese: “Kosel”
- Czech: “Kosel”
- Dutch: “Kosel, Republic of Macedonia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوسيل”
- French: “Kosel”
- Georgian: “კოსელი”
- Greek: “Κόσελ”
- Hungarian: “Koszel”
- Macedonian: “Косел”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kosel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kosel”
- Polish: “Koseł”
- Portuguese: “Kosel (Macedônia do Norte)”
- Portuguese: “Kosel”
- Serbian: “Косел”
- Swedish: “Kosel”
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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 “Kosel”. Photo: Kiril Simeonovski, CC BY-SA 4.0.