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Bešenovačko jezero, also called Beli Kamen, “White Stone”, is a flooded marl quarry on Fruška Gora near the village of Bešenovački Prnjavor, in the municipality of Sremska Mitrovica. Turquoise water against white rock and steep wooded slopes have earned it the nicknames “Serbian Caribbean” and “Serbian Blue Lake”, and photographs on social media have made it very popular.
How it formed
The Beočin cement works quarried marl here. Digging cut through a water-bearing layer, and in the 1980s the abandoned pit began to fill. Local people say the nearby springs dried up as a result. Visitors sometimes rub the lake’s mud on their skin, believing it healing.
Nature
Most of the fish have been caught out, though silver carp, roach and Prussian carp remain, and shoals can be seen in the shallows. Snakes and frogs live around the shore.
Visit
Swimming
No reliable information
Tips
Swimming is not allowed because of the great depth, though many people swim anyway. There is no official beach and no lifeguard, and people have drowned here. Fishing is also forbidden, and the land is private.
The lake is about 20 km from Sremska Mitrovica and Ruma, about 30 km from Novi Sad and about an hour’s drive from Belgrade, a short way off the main road. Weekends are very crowded: the car park fills early, music carries across the water, and there is almost no shade. Landowners rent out sunbeds, umbrellas, pedal boats and boards, and drinks are sold in the car park, but toilets are poor and rubbish lies in some spots. A weekday is the time to go.
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Sources & data
- Serbian Wikipedia: Списак језера у Србији, Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap: Бели Камен (way 698308547), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Serbia.com: Bešenovo lake, Serbia.com
- The Caribbean of Srem: Bešenovačko jezero, Kurir
- I visited the Serbian Caribbean (2023), Nova.rs
- Fruška Gora’s oases: Bešenovo and Ledinci lakes, Telegraf
- Beli Kamen Lake, Fruškać