Štrbské pleso

lake in the High Tatra Mountains

Key facts

Location: High Tatras
Type: moraine-dammed
Primary inflows: Underground
Primary outflows: Underground
Basin countries: Slovakia
Max length: 640 m (0.40 mi)
Max width: 600 m (0.37 mi)
Surface area: 19.76 ha (48.8 acres)
Max depth: 20 m (66 ft)
Water volume: 1.284 hm (1,041 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation: 1,346 m (4,416 ft)
Frozen: more than 155 days/year
Islands: Limited rocks
Settlements: Štrbské Pleso

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Wikidata facts

Area: 0.1976
Elevation: 1358
Image: STRBSKE PLESO.jpg
Width: 0.60
Length: 0.64

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vertical depth: 20
Commons category: Štrbské pleso (lake)
Commons gallery: Strbske Pleso
volume as quantity: 1.284

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Frozen over for 155 days a year

Štrbské pleso (pronunciation, German: Tschirmer See, Polish: Szczyrbskie jezioro, Hungarian: Csorba-tó) is a picturesque mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the High Tatras, Slovakia. It is the second-largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after Veľké Hincovo pleso. Maximum depth is 20 metres (66 ft).