Montenegro · Durmitor · Northern Montenegro
Vražje Lake
Glacial · natural
~0.9 kmaway
1,411 metreselevation
A lake on the Jezera plateau of Durmitor, held in a hollow between moraines that the melting glacier left behind.
How it formed
The lake formed where water gathered in a hollow between moraines left by the melting glacier. It is shallow, and almost its whole shore has turned to peat bog; water plants cover most of the basin and, as they decay, cloud the water.
History
Opposite the lake lies a necropolis of stećci, the medieval tombstones of the region, attributed to a people known as the Kriči. The lake’s name, the Fish Lake, comes from the abundance of its fish.
Visit
Swimming
No reliable information
Tips
The lake is reached by car across the Jezerska plateau from Njegovuđa, on the same road as Vražje jezero, and the stećci are worth a stop on the way.
The lake lies in Durmitor National Park, so keep to the tracks and the park’s rules.
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Sources & data
- OpenStreetMap: Riblje jezero (way 432066272), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Serbian Wikipedia: Рибље језеро, Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata: None (Q12758320), Wikimedia Foundation
- Serbian Wikipedia: Riblje jezero, Wikimedia Foundation
- The ‘mountain eyes’ of Durmitor (2018), Montenegro for Me