Lake Cerknica

Lake Cerknica is an intermittent lake in the southern part of the Cerknica Polje, a karst polje in , a region in southwestern .
Wikipedia
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  • Body of water
  • …lies at an elevation of 547 metres (1,795 feet)
  • …is also known as “Lake Zirknitz”
  • Description: intermittent lake

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Cantianus’s Church.

Church
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km southeast of Lake Cerknica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Otok and Laze pri Gorenjem Jezeru.

Village
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is a settlement on the southeastern shore…

Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small settlement next… is situated 2½ km southeast of Lake Cerknica.

Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a on the southern edge… is situated 3 km southeast of Lake Cerknica.

Lake Cerknica

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Latitude
45.74107° or 45° 44′ 28″ north
Longitude
14.37696° or 14° 22′ 37″ east
Open location code
8FQPP9RG+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1988614035
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Geo­Names ID
3202705
Wiki­data ID
Q205836

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Lake Cerknica” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ցերկնիցա (լիճ)”
  • Armenian: “Ցերկնիցա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çerknisa gölü”
  • Bashkir: “Церкница (күл)”
  • Bashkir: “Церкница”
  • Basque: “Cerknica aintzira”
  • Chinese: “采爾克尼察湖”
  • Croatian: “Cerkniško jezero”
  • Czech: “Cerknické jezero”
  • Dutch: “Lake Cerknica”
  • Esperanto: “Cerkniško”
  • Finnish: “Cerknicanjärvi”
  • French: “lac de Cerknica”
  • French: “Lac de Cerknica”
  • Georgian: “ცერკნიცის ტბა”
  • German: “Cerkniško jezero”
  • German: “Zirknitzer See”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Τσέρκνιτσα”
  • Italian: “Cerkniško jezero”
  • Italian: “lago di Circonio”
  • Italian: “Lago di Circonio”
  • Italian: “palude Lugea”
  • Korean: “체르크니차호”
  • Latin: “Lacus Circoviensis”
  • Latvian: “Cerknicas ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Cerknicos ežeras”
  • Macedonian: “Церкинчко Езеро”
  • Macedonian: “Церкиншко Езеро”
  • Macedonian: “Церкничко Езеро”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cerknicasjøen”
  • Polish: “Cerknica”
  • Polish: “Cerkniško jezero”
  • Russian: “Церкница”
  • Serbian: “Церкнишко језеро”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkniško jezero”
  • Spanish: “Lago Cerknica”
  • Swedish: “Cerknica”
  • Ukrainian: “Церкниця”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Cerknica”

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