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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Geisler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. John the Baptist and Kosijev dom na Vogarju.
Kosijev dom na Vogarju
Mountain hut
Photo: JakobZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kosijev dom na Vogarju is a mountain hut.
Alpine Dairy Farming Museum
Museum
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Alpine Dairy Farming Museum is situated 2½ km east of Lake Bohinj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ribčev Laz and Stara Fužina.
Ribčev Laz
Village
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Ribčev Laz is a settlement on Lake Bohinj in the Municipality of Bohinj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Most of the settlement consists of hotels and holiday homes.
Stara Fužina
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Stara Fužina is a settlement in the Municipality of Bohinj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The northern tip of the village is located at Slovenia's highest peak, Triglav, and forms a tripoint with Trenta and Mojstrana settlements. Stara Fužina is situated 2½ km east of Lake Bohinj.
Ukanc
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ukanc is a settlement near Lake Bohinj in the Municipality of Bohinj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is southwest of the lake. The majority of buildings in the settlement are either hotels or holiday houses. Ukanc is situated 2½ km west of Lake Bohinj.
Lake Bohinj
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Slovenia
- Categories: glacial lake and body of water
- Location: Bohinj Municipality, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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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