Region
Northern Montenegro is one of the three statistical regions of the country: the sparsely populated mountainous part, and the largest by area. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania.
Its lakes include Lake Piva, the largest lake lying entirely within Montenegro, Lake Plav, Black Lake and the glacial lakes of Durmitor, Bjelasica and Prokletije, among them Biogradsko jezero and Hridsko jezero. It has three national parks.
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Photo: Javier Sánchez Portero · CC BY-SA 3.0Montenegro · Bjelasica · Northern Montenegro
Biogradsko Jezero is a glacial lake in the heart of the Biogradska Gora National Park in northern Montenegro, on the western slope of the Bjelasica mountains. It is the largest of the glacial lakes in the park and lies in…
Trails
25 lakes
Photo: Javier Sánchez Portero · CC BY-SA 3.0Montenegro · Bjelasica · Northern Montenegro
Glacial · natural
Photo: Julian Nyča · CC BY-SA 4.0Montenegro · Durmitor · Northern Montenegro
Reservoir · artificial
Photo: User:Chlämens · Public domainMontenegro · Northern Montenegro · Prokletije
Glacial · natural
Photo: Draganandj · CC BY-SA 4.0Montenegro · Durmitor · Northern Montenegro
Glacial · natural
Photo: Mathieu Mars · CC BY-SA 4.0Montenegro · Durmitor · Northern Montenegro
Glacial · natural
Photo: Bruno Rijsman · CC BY 2.0Montenegro · Northern Montenegro · Prokletije
Glacial · natural
Photo: Emil Joanović · CC BY-SA 3.0Montenegro · Bjelasica · Northern Montenegro
Glacial · natural
Photo: BuhaM · CC BY-SA 4.0Montenegro · Northern Montenegro · Prokletije
Glacial · natural
Montenegro · Durmitor · Northern Montenegro
Glacial · natural
Photo: Alexkom000 · CC BY 4.0
Photo: Alexkom000 · CC BY 4.0Activities in Northern Montenegro
Floating islands, a tortoise island, a church standing in the water, a lake that turns into a football pitch and remote Prokletije lakes: seven off-the-beaten-path lake stops in the Balkans.
Glacial lakes, high tarns and big mountain scenery: seven Balkan mountain lakes with hiking routes, difficulty, elevation, walking times, access points and the best season to go.
