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Lake Żarnowiec

Lake Żarnowiec is located in the Pomorze Voivodeship. It is 7.6 km long, 2.6 km wide and has a depth of 16 m. The river cuts through it. The was supposed to be built next to it.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
  • Also known as: “Jezioro”, “Jezioro Zarnowieckie”, and “Zarnowiec Sea”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant and Zarnowitz Monastery.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The was to be the first nuclear power plant in . The construction was cancelled due to changes in the economic and political situation in Poland, in the Soviet Union and in the Eastern Bloc and due to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the following years.

Photo: Kaszeba, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lubkowo and Nadole.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within Wejherowo County, , in northern Poland. There are in this village the Peasant and Fisherman's Farmsteads.

Village
Photo: Powolniak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in northern Poland.

Lake Żarnowiec

Latitude
54.75941° or 54° 45′ 34″ north
Longitude
18.05802° or 18° 3′ 29″ east
Elevation
-3 metres (-10 feet)
Open location code
9F6WQ355+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4820938
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
3080666
Wiki­data ID
Q148026
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Żarnowiec from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Lake Żarnowiec” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Jezioro Żarnowieckie”
  • Chinese: “扎爾諾維茨湖”
  • Chuvash: “Жарновецкое кӳлĕ”
  • Czech: “Jezioro Żarnowiec”
  • Czech: “Jezioro Żarnowieckie”
  • Dutch: “Lake Żarnowiec”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره زارنويك”
  • French: “lac Żarnowiec”
  • French: “Lac Żarnowiec”
  • German: “Jezioro Żarnowieckie”
  • German: “Zarnowitzer See”
  • Italian: “lago Żarnowieckie”
  • Italian: “Lago Żarnowieckie”
  • Kashubian: “Żarnowsczé Jezoro”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jezioro Żarnowieckie”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jezioro Żarnowieckie”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Żarnowieckie”
  • Russian: “Жарновецкое озеро”
  • Serbian: “Жарновјецко језеро”
  • Slovak: “Jezioro Żarnowieckie”
  • Ukrainian: “Жарновецьке озеро”
  • Venetian: “lago Żarnowieckie”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Toliszczek and Porąb.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Zagroda Gburska i Rybacka and Góra Zamkowa.

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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 “Lake Żarnowiec”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.