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Štrbské pleso (, german: Tschirmer See, pl, Szczyrbskie jezioro, hu, Csorbató or ) is a picturesque mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the
High Tatras The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains ( Slovak: Vysoké Tatry; pl, Tatry Wysokie; rue, Высокі Татри,'' Vysoki Tatry''; hu, Magas-Tátra; german: Hohe Tatra; french: Hautes Tatras), are a mountain range along the border of norther ...
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Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...
. It is the second-largest
glacial lake A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier. Formation Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10, ...
on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after
Veľké Hincovo pleso Veľké Hincovo pleso is the biggest and deepest mountain lake of glacial origin in the High Tatras, Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in ...
. Maximum depth is 20 metres (66 ft).


Description

Štrbské pleso is now part of the neighborhood of Štrbské Pleso (spelled with a capital ''P''). It is on the municipal lands of the village of
Štrba Štrba is a village in the Poprad District, Prešov Region, northern Slovakia. It is situated in the Sub-Tatra Basin, which separates the High Tatras and Low Tatras at the European continental divide between the Baltic and the Black Sea. It is ...
, after which Štrbské pleso ("Lake Štrba") is now named. The word ''pleso'' ("tarn") is applied only to mountain lakes. The locals used to call it "the puddle" or "pond" (''mláka'') in the past. It is the second-largest
glacial lake A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier. Formation Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10, ...
on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after Hincovo Pleso, to which it loses by . It is fed by underground springs and has no visible outflow stream. Its surface remains frozen for around 155 days per year."Štrbské pleso."
Encyklopédia regiónu Vysoké Tatry. vysoke-tatry.info


See also

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Tatra mountains The Tatra Mountains (), Tatras, or Tatra (''Tatry'' either in Slovak () or in Polish () - '' plurale tantum''), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the hi ...
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Tourism in Slovakia Tourism in Slovakia offers natural landscapes, mountains, caves, medieval castles and towns, folk architecture, spas and ski resorts. More than 5.0 million people visited Slovakia in 2017, and the most attractive destinations are the capital of ...
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Vysoké Tatry (town) Vysoké Tatry (; hu, Magastátra, ; german: Höhe Tatra, ; pl, Wysokie Tatry, ; cs, Vysoké Tatry, ), formally Mesto Vysoké Tatry () is a town at the feet of the Slovak part of High Tatras in Slovakia including all the major resorts in that ...


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Lakes of Slovakia Spiš Lakes of the High Tatras Glacial lakes Geography of Prešov Region {{Prešov-geo-stub