Lake Kastraki is a reservoir of about 28 km² on the Acheloos near the village of Kastraki in Aetolia-Acarnania, at the junction with the Inachos, reaching to Bampalio in the north-west. Its islands, the churches near its shores and the hills around make a quiet landscape.
How it formed
The Kastraki dam, 95 m high and 530 m long, was completed in 1969. It generates hydroelectric power for the Public Power Corporation, and flooded farmland and small settlements in the Acheloos valley.
Visit
Swimming
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Tips
The lake is about 12 km from the Agrinio–Arta national road, and Agrinio is the nearest town. Local roads give views over the water; ask in Agrinio about access to the shore.
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Photo: C messier · CC BY-SA 3.0
Greece · Central Greece · Western Greece
Lake Kremasta
Reservoir · artificial
~20 kmaway
300 metreselevation
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Sources & data
- Greece's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake (LW) and transitional (TW) water bodies, field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Greece, 2022
- OpenStreetMap: Τεχνητή Λίμνη Καστρακίου (relation 7778004), OpenStreetMap contributors
- English Wikipedia: Kastraki (lake), Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata: Kastraki lake (Q1365911), Wikimedia Foundation
- Lake Kastraki, Lakes Network