Łuknajno Lake

Łuknajno [wukˈnajnɔ] (German: Lucknainer See) is a lake in the Masurian Lake District of north-eastern Poland, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the town of Mikołajki, close to the north-western corner of Poland's largest lake called Śniardwy. Łuknajno covers an area of 6.8 square kilometres (2.6 sq mi), and has a maximum depth of 3 metres (9.8 ft).

For the village, see Łuknajno, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Łuknajno Lake
Łuknajno lake
Łuknajno Lake
LocationMasurian Lake District, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Coordinates53°48′19″N 21°38′34″E
Basin countriesPoland
Max. length3.3 km (2.1 mi)
Surface area6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Average depth0.6 m (2 ft 0 in)
Max. depth3 m (9.8 ft)
Surface elevation115 m (377 ft)
Official nameLuknajno Lake Nature Reserve
Designated22 November 1977
Reference no.166[1]

The lake is the site of a nature reserve, and since 1977 has been designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a Ramsar site, in view of its importance as a breeding ground for water birds such as grebe, rail, moorhen, grey heron, bearded tit, white-tailed eagle, osprey, rust-coloured kite, cormorant and black tern. The lake is known since many decades as the habitat of the mute swan (Latin: Cygnus olor) – nesting there every year from a dozen to tens of dozen of pairs, and in time of moult arriving in numbers reaching up to 2,000 birds.[2] The lake is part of the larger protected area known as Masurian Landscape Park.

See also

References
  1. "Luknajno Lake Nature Reserve". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. (in Polish) Ludwik Tomiałojć, Tadeusz Stawarczyk: Awifauna Polski. Rozmieszczenie, liczebność i zmiany. Wrocław: PTPP "pro Natura", 2003, pp. 157–297. ISBN 83-919626-1-X


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.