Morské oko (Vihorlat)

Lake · Slovakia

Autumn foliage at Morské oko (Vihorlat)
Photo: Milan Bališin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

A lake dammed by an ancient landslide in the volcanic Vihorlat Mountains, sitting at 618 meters and ringed by beech forest that runs almost unbroken toward the nearby Kyjovský prales reserve, part of the UNESCO-listed primeval beech forests of the Carpathians.

Best for: a quiet lake walk away from the High Tatras crowds

Don’t miss

  • landslide-formed lake at 618m in the volcanic Vihorlat range
  • primeval beech forest of the Kyjovský prales reserve
  • UNESCO-listed as part of the Carpathian beech forests

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At 614 m, it turns before the lower ground nearby.

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