Lake Leqinat
Lake Leqinat or Lake Lićenat is a mountain lake found on the Mount Leqinat in the Accursed Mountains in western Kosovo. This lake is well known throughout Kosovo and is visited by people going to the Rugova Canyon or by people climbing nearby peaks such as Leqinat 2,341 m and Guri i Kuq at 2,522 m.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake
- Also known as: “Lake Lićenat”, “Lake Liqenat”, “Liqeni i Kuqishtes”, “Liqeni i Leqinatit”, and “Nedžinatska Jezero”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Drelaj and Malji Nečinat.
Lake Drelaj
Lake
Photo: Snownjeri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Lake Liqenat or Lake Drelaj is a small lake found on Mount Leqinat that reaches an elevation of 2,341 m in the Accursed Mountains range in western Kosovo, near the border with Montenegro.
Leqinat
Peak
Leqinat or Lićenat, is a mountain in western Kosovo and eastern Montenegro, in the Accursed Mountains range, with a top height of 2,341 m.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuçishtë and Drelaj.
Kuçishtë
Village
Photo: Venera02, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kuçishtë is a small village located in the municipality of Peja, Kosovo. Kuçishtë is located near the Montenegro border, at the edge of the Rugova Canyon in the Accursed Mountains.
Rugova Mountains
Photo: Arball1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rugova Mountains are in the north-western part of Kosovo. It is a region within Bjeshkët e Nemuna, also known as the Albanian Alps or the Accursed Mountains.
Lake Leqinat
- Categories: body of water, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Kosovo, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.66853° or 42° 40′ 7″ northLongitude
20.0911° or 20° 5′ 28″ eastElevation
1,851 metres (6,073 feet)Open location code
8GJ2M39R+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 212861486OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Leqinat from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Venetian—“Lake Leqinat” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni i Kuqishtës”
- Croatian: “Lićenat (jezero)”
- Croatian: “Lićenat”
- German: “Jezero Lićenat”
- German: “Leqinat-See”
- German: “Leqinat”
- German: “Liqen i Kuqishtës”
- German: “Liqen i Leqinatit”
- German: “Liqen i Liqenatit”
- German: “Liqenat”
- Hungarian: “Lićenat-tó”
- Italian: “Lago Leqinat”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kuqishtë”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liqenati”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liqenatsjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liqeni i Liqenat”
- Serbian: “Кућишко језеро”
- Serbian: “Лићенат (језеро)”
- Serbian: “Лићенат”
- Venetian: “lago Leqinat”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Šterpava and Jelenka Pass.
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