Great Lake of Buni Jezerce

#63 among destinations in Albania

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Big lake of Buni Jezercë is one of the largest lakes in the Albanian Alps found in the north of Albania. Big Lake is on an altitude of 1,792 m above sea level and is the largest of the 6 lakes found in the Buni Jezercë near the Montenegrin border. Many high peaks surround the lake, including Maja e Jezercës with a height of 2,694 m. This large mountain lake has an estimated maximum length of 380 m and a maximum width of 200 m. The area of the lake is almost five hectares. ()

Length: 1247 ftWidth: 656 ftElevation: 5866 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 42°27'36"N, 19°48'22"E

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ShkodërAlbania

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Great Lake of Buni Jezerce – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maja Jezercë, Accursed Mountains, Dinaric Alps, Maja Harapit.

1.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Jezercë
33 min walk • Maja Jezercë, the towering pride of Albania, stands as the apex of the Accursed Mountains, a range that stretches across the Prokletije. Dominating the landscape at an impressive 2,694 meters, it is the highest peak in the entire Dinaric Alps and a beacon for hikers...
1.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Accursed Mountains
34 min walk • The Accursed Mountains also known as the Albanian Alps are a mountain group in the western part of the Balkans. It is the southernmost subrange of the 1,000-kilometre-long Dinaric Alps range, extending from northern Albania to south Kosovo and northeastern Montenegro.
1.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Dinaric Alps
34 min walk • The Dinaric Alps, also commonly Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southeastern Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea.
2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Harapit
72 min walk • Maja Harapit is a mountain in the Accursed Mountains range in the north of Albania. The mountain is 2,217 metres high, with an 800 metres high south wall the northwestern edge of a large basin, where it dominates as a prominent rock formation, the conclusion of the Shala Valley and is one of the landmarks of Theth Valley.
4.6 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Radohima, Theth National Park
119 min walk • Radohima is a mountain within the Albanian Alps in northern Albania. Radohima rises between the Shala and Cem Valley. The massif of the Radohima has several other peaks with Maja e Radohimës at 2,568 metres being the highest peak of the massif.
3.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja e Shënikut
92 min walk • Maja e Shënikut is a mountain with a height of 2,552 m in northern Albania, part of the Accursed Mountains range. It is just one of the many mountains of the Accursed Mountains range in Albania higher than 2,500 m. It is situated northwest of Maja Jezercë, the highest mountain of the Accursed Mountains, and east of the village Nikç.
0.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Kokervhake
22 min walk • Maja Kokervhake is a mountain in northern Albania, in the Accursed Mountains range. It reaches a height of 2,508 m above sea level and it has only recently been discovered considering that the North Albanian Alps has many high and jagged peaks.
0.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Bojs
14 min walk • Maja Bojs is a 2,461-metre-tall mountain near the center of the Accursed Mountains range in northern Albania near the border with Montenegro. It is just above the Buni Jezerce valley where Big lake of Buni Jezerce is located with five other lakes.
4 miSW
Mountain
Maja Visens, Theth National Park
102 min walk • Maja Visens is a mountain in northern Albania in the Accursed Mountains range. It is about 6 km southeast from the village-Nikç. Maja Visens is located in the Radohimës Mountain area in the west range. Maja Visens is the third highest peak among these mountains and is 2,517 m high.
3.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja e Thatë, Valbonë Valley National Park
83 min walk • Maja e Thatë is a 2,406-metre-high mountain peak of the Albanian Alps in Albania. It is located within Valbonë Valley National Park, roughly 2 km northwest of Valbonë and rises more than 1,500 m above the village.
5.1 miS
42°23'15"N • 19°47'7"E
Ethnographic Museum of Dukagjin, Thethi
131 min walk • Museum