Wielki Staw Polski (Polish: Wielki Staw Polski; Slovakian: Veľký stav; German: Großer Polnischer See; Hungarian: Nagy-tó)[1] - is a tarn located in the High Tatras, at an elevation of 1,665 metres in the Valley of the Five Polish Lakes (Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich), by the slope of the Miedziane. It's the second-largest lake by area (34.14 hectares (84.4 acres)) in the Tatra Mountains, just after Morskie Oko (34.54 hectares (85.4 acres)). The lake is located in Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.[2]
| Wielki Staw Polski | |
|---|---|
 Wielki Staw Polski seen from the trail to Szpiglasowa Przełęcz. | |
  Wielki Staw Polski | |
| Coordinates | 49°12′33″N 20°02′27″E / 49.20917°N 20.04083°E |
| Type | lake |
| Primary outflows | Roztoka |
| Basin countries | Poland |
| Max. length | 0.998 km (0.620 mi) |
| Max. width | 0.452 km (0.281 mi) |
| Surface area | 3.414 km2 (1.318 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 79.3 m (260 ft) |
| Water volume | 12,967,000 m3 (10,513 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface elevation | 1,665 m (5,463 ft) |
| Islands | Stodółka |
Wielki Staw Polski is the deepest and longest (998 metres) lake in the Tatra Mountains, and the third-deepest lake in Poland (the deepest is Hańcza). Its volume is around 13 million m³ of water, and it is the largest lake by volume in the Tatra Mountains, making up a third of the entire volume of all Tatra lakes. The highest temperature of its water was 11.2 °C (52.2 °F).[3]
See also
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edit- ^ Radwańska-Paryska Zofia; Paryski Witold Henryk (2004). Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska. Poronin: Wydawnictwo Górskie. ISBN 8371040091.
- ^ Klimaszewski Mieczysław (1988). Rzeźba Tatr polskich. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydaw. Naukowe. ISBN 8301079924.
- ^ Nyka Józef (2003). Tatry polskie : przewodnik (Wyd. 13 (popr.) ed.). Latchorzew: Trawers. ISBN 8391585913.
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