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Škrka lakes

Ivan Stojanovic — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:14:15 +0000

When you are going further down to the central part of Durmitor you can see glacier cirque Skrka , which is the deepest and the biggest on the Balcan peninsula. Surely you have to visit in order to experience fully charm of Durmitor. Skrka is consisting of two parts : The first one is Veliko Skrcko Jezero(Big Skrka lake),which Jovan Cvijic has called ‘’green lake”;its altitude level is 1.686 m and its maximum depth is 17.2 m. The colour of water is green and it is also limpid to 8.5 m.by this characteristic this lake is among the first within all Durmitor lakes.The second one is Malo Skrcko Jezero(Small Skrka Lake).Its altitude level is 1.711 m and its average depth is 5.9 m.

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Trnovačko lake

Ivan Stojanovic — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:47:01 +0000

Trnovačko Lake is a lake near northwest MontenegrinLocated at an altitude of 1600 metres, it is a popular with local summer campers.It is 700 metres (2,300 ft) long and 400 metres (1,300 ft) wide set amidst a “huge amphitheater of rocky peaks”. The lake is drained from the Maglic, the Volujak and the Bioc hill ranges. The north side of the lake which is open has the wooded Vratnice. The lake water has a deep green-blue colour.

Stabna lakes

Ivan Stojanovic — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:19:05 +0000

Stabanska lakes are located near the village Stabna, below the mountain Volujak in Plužinej municipality.

Zeleni Vir

Ivan Stojanovic — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:15:30 +0000

In the central part of Durmitor , on the altitude level of 2.028 m is situated Zeleni Vir(Green vortex) and it is not too far away from the most highest Durmitor peak, Bobotov kuk ,just 1 km. Its length is 50 m, its width is 40 m and its depth is 2 m. text: http://durmitorcg.wordpress.com/national-park/lakes/

Srablje lake

Ivan Stojanovic — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:05:26 +0000

Srablje lake is maybe the smallest one of all Durmitor lakes. The depth of it is 1.5 m. The people from Durmitor often have a bath in this lake because of belief that it is good for curing skin diseases. From this reason it has got this name.

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Barno lake

Ivan Stojanovic — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:06:40 +0000

Barno lake is situated between Velika Poljana and village Pitomine on the east side,and village Bosaca on the west side ; It’s altitude level is 1.489 m. It is also small lake , which shores are overgrown with thick water vegetation and it is surrounded by coniferous forest. By folk tales , the water from this lake has healing characteristics, especially for skin diseases. The shade of nearby coniferous forest is the place in which the flocks of mountain goats are grazing. The maximum depth of lake is just 1 m.

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