Lake Bohinj
Lake Bohinj, covering 318 hectares, is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. It is located within the Bohinj Valley of the Julian Alps, in the northwestern Upper Carniola region, and part of Triglav National Park.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Slovenia
- Also known as: “Bohinj-See”, “Bohinja”, “Bohinjjärvi”, “Bohinjsee”, “Wocheinersee”, and “ボヒニ湖”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Church of St. John the Baptist and Kosijev dom na Vogarju.
Alpine Dairy Farming Museum
Museum
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ribčev Laz and Stara Fužina.
Stara Fužina
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.Ukanc
Village
Lake Bohinj
- Categories: glacial lake and body of water
- Location: Municipality of Bohinj, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.28556° or 46° 17′ 8″ north
Longitude
13.86194° or 13° 51′ 43″ east
Elevation
527 metres (1,729 feet)
Open location code
8FRM7VP6+6Q
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Lake Bohinj” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Boxinsko gölü”
- Bashkir: “Бохинь күле”
- Basque: “Bohinj aintzira”
- Bosnian: “Bohinjsko jezero”
- Bulgarian: “Бохинско езеро”
- Catalan: “llac Bohinj”
- Catalan: “Llac Bohinj”
- Cebuano: “Bohinjsko Jezero”
- Chinese: “博希尼湖”
- Chuvash: “Бохин кӳлли”
- Croatian: “Bohinjsko jezero”
- Czech: “Bohinjské jezero”
- Dutch: “Meer van Bohinj”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Bohinj”
- Finnish: “Bohinj-järvi”
- French: “Lac Bohinj”
- French: “lac de Bohinj”
- French: “Lac de Bohinj”
- German: “Bohinjsko jezero”
- German: “Wocheiner See”
- Hebrew: “אגם בוהין”
- Hebrew: “אגם בוחין”
- Hungarian: “Bohinji-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Bohinj”
- Italian: “lago di Bohinj”
- Italian: “Lago di Bohinj”
- Japanese: “ボーヒン湖”
- Korean: “보힌호”
- Latvian: “Bohiņas ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Bohinio ežeras”
- Macedonian: “Бохињско Езеро”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bohinjsjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bohinjsjøen”
- Norwegian: “Bohinjsjøen”
- Polish: “Bohinjsko”
- Polish: “Jezioro Bohinjsko”
- Russian: “Бохиньское озеро”
- Serbian: “Bohinjsko jezero”
- Serbian: “Бохињско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bohinjsko jezero”
- Slovak: “Bohinjsko jezero”
- Slovenian: “Bohinjsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago Bohinj”
- Swedish: “Bohinjsjön”
- Tatar: “Бохинь күле”
- Turkish: “Bohinj Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Бохинське озеро”
- Ukrainian: “Бохінське озеро”
- Venetian: “lago de Bohinj”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Bohinj”
- Welsh: “Llyn Bohinj”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sveti Duh and Hebat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Medvedov Vrh and Šija.
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