Šatorsko Lake
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Šatorsko Lake (Serbian: Шаторско језеро, romanized: Šatorsko jezero) is a lake in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina located at 1488 metres above sea level, directly below Šator mountain (1872 m) in the Dinaric Alps.
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Location | Dinaric Alps |
Coordinates | 44°9′54.54″N 16°36′5.54″E |
Basin countries | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Max. length | 0.25 km (0.16 mi) |
Max. width | 0.125 km (0.078 mi) |
Max. depth | 6 m (20 ft) |
Surface elevation | 1,488 m (4,882 ft) |
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The lake has a glacial origin and is 250 metres long and 120 metres wide, with the deepest point being 6 metres. The summer temperature is 17 °C while the source on the shore, which feeds it, is 6 °C. A few hundred metres to the north is the Bulino Vrelo spring, which is believed by the local population to have healing powers.