Lake Bohinj

Lake Bohinj, covering 318 hectares, is the largest permanent lake in . It is located within the Valley of the , in the northwestern Upper Carniola region, and part of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. John the Baptist and Kosijev dom na Vogarju.

Church
Photo: Erik Cooper, CC BY 2.0.

Mountain hut
Photo: JakobZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain hut.

Museum
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is situated 2½ km east of Lake Bohinj.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ribčev Laz and Stara Fužina.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a settlement on Lake Bohinj in the in the Upper Carniola region of . Most of the settlement consists of hotels and holiday homes.

Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is a settlement in the in the Upper Carniola region of . The northern tip of the village is located at Slovenia's highest peak, , and forms a tripoint with and settlements. is situated 2½ km east of Lake Bohinj.

Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a settlement near Lake Bohinj in the in the Upper Carniola region of . It is southwest of the lake. The majority of buildings in the settlement are either hotels or holiday houses. is situated 2½ km west of Lake Bohinj.

Lake Bohinj

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
Geo­Names ID
3203807
Wiki­data ID
Q831903
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Bohinj from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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: “Bohinja”
  • Czech: “Bohinjské jezero”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Bohinj”
  • Esperanto: “Lago de Bohinj”
  • Finnish: “Bohinj-järvi”
  • Finnish: “Bohinjjärvi”
  • French: “Lac Bohinj”
  • French: “lac de Bohinj”
  • French: “Lac de Bohinj”
  • German: “Bohinj-See”
  • German: “Bohinjsee”
  • German: “Bohinjsko jezero”
  • German: “Wocheiner See”
  • Hebrew: “אגם בוהין”
  • Hebrew: “אגם בוחין”
  • Hungarian: “Bohinji-tó”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Bohinj”
  • Italian: “Bohinjsko jezero”
  • Italian: “lago di Bohinj”
  • Italian: “Lago di Bohinj”
  • Italian: “Wocheinersee”
  • Japanese: “ボーヒン湖”
  • Japanese: “ボヒニ湖”
  • Korean: “보힌호”
  • Latvian: “Bohiņas ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Bohinio ežeras”
  • Macedonian: “Бохињско Езеро”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bohinjsjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bohinjsjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bohinjsko jezero”
  • 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”
  • Spanish: “Wocheiner See”
  • Swedish: “Bohinjsjön”
  • Tatar: “Бохинь күле”
  • Turkish: “Bohinj Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Бохинське озеро”
  • Ukrainian: “Бохінське озеро”
  • Venetian: “lago de Bohinj”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Bohinj”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Bohinj”

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