Modro jezero, whose name means dark blue, is one of the glacial lakes of Durmitor, at the foot of Sedlena greda below the Sedlo pass. It has long been admired for its intense blue colour.
How it formed
The glaciers of the Ice Age left a scattering of small lakes across the Durmitor massif. The geographer Jovan Cvijić, who began studying them in 1899, called them gorske oči, the mountain eyes, and noted how much they differ in origin, size, colour and depth.
Nature
Once full of fish and frogs, the lake is now used for a new water supply for Žabljak.
Visit
Swimming
No reliable information
Tips
A walk from the panoramic road near the Sedlo pass leads to the lake. As it now supplies drinking water, enjoy it from the shore.
Nearby lakes
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Montenegro · Durmitor · Northern Montenegro
Vražje Lake
Glacial · natural
~6 kmaway
1,411 metreselevation
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Sources & data
- OpenStreetMap: Modro jezero (way 467776111), OpenStreetMap contributors
- The ‘mountain eyes’ of Durmitor (2018), Montenegro for Me