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Southeastern Albania

Southeastern Albania is the area around Korçë County, which borders North Macedonia and Greece.

It holds the Albanian shores of Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa, both protected, as well as Small Prespa's western tip and the Moglicë reservoir. Prespa and Shebenik national parks lie here.

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Albania (Southeastern Albania) · North Macedonia (Southwestern Region)

Lake Ohrid

Lake Ohrid lies in a mountain basin on the border between North Macedonia and Albania, with the towns of Ohrid and Struga on the Macedonian shore and Pogradec on the Albanian one. It is among the oldest lakes in the…

358 square kilometresarea
693 metreselevation
289 metresmax. depth
CampingFishingSwimming
Photo: Albinfo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Albania (Southeastern Albania) · Greece (Western Macedonia) · North Macedonia (Pelagonia)

Lake Prespa

Tectonic · natural

254 square kilometresarea
849 metreselevation
48 metresmax. depth
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Albania (Southeastern Albania) · North Macedonia (Southwestern Region)

Lake Ohrid

Tectonic · natural

358 square kilometresarea
693 metreselevation
289 metresmax. depth
CampingFishingSwimming
Photo: Albinfo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Albania (Southeastern Albania) · Greece (Western Macedonia) · North Macedonia (Pelagonia)

Lake Prespa

Tectonic · natural

254 square kilometresarea
849 metreselevation
48 metresmax. depth
BoatingFishing

Albania (Southeastern Albania) · Greece (Western Macedonia)

Small Prespa

Tectonic · natural

46.8 square kilometresarea
853 metreselevation
7.7 metresmax. depth

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