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Morské oko
Morské oko
Location	Vihorlat Mountains
Coordinates	48°54′56″N 22°11′54″E / 48.91556°N 22.19833°E / 48.91556; 22.19833
Basin countries	Slovakia
Surface area	13 ha (32 acres)
Max. depth	25.1 m (82 ft)
Surface elevation	618 m (2,028 ft)

Morské oko (called Veľké Vihorlatské jazero in the past; literally "Eye of the sea") is a lake in the Vihorlat Mountains in eastern Slovakia. It is the largest non karst lake and the third biggest natural lake in Slovakia. It is at an altitude of 618 m, covers 0.13 km² with a maximum depth of 25.1 m. It is drained by the river Okna.

The oldest known description of the lake can be found on two maps, dating back to 1687. The earliest official name of the lake known as Blatné jazero (germ. Blatto teich) dates back to 1784. The name Veľké Vihorlatské jazero was introduced in 1933.

The lake itself is a natural home to 8 species of fish. The native species consist of the brown trout (Salmo trutta m. fario), common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) and stone loach (Barbatula barbatula). In the past, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) was introduced into the lake, but the prevailing species today is the common chub (Squalius cephalus).

It is a national nature reserve (covering 1.08 km²) since 1984 and part of the Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area.

Gallery

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• Mansion Morské oko, built in 1924 for Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi
• View of Morské oko from Sninský kameň in spring

See also

• Protected areas of Slovakia

External links

• National nature reserve Morské Oko at the State Inventory of Specially Protected Parts of Nature and Landscape
• Morské oko - Sirava.net (in Slovak)
• Morské oko at Sirava.sk (many pictures) (in Slovak)

v t e Hydrography of Slovakia
Rivers	Black Sea basin Danube basin Danube Hron Sikenica [sk] Slatina Ipeľ Štiavnica Morava Malina [sk] Myjava Rudava Váh Bebrava Belá Blava Čierna voda Dudváh Krupinica [sk] Kysuca Little Danube Nitra Nitrica [sk] Orava Rajčanka Turiec Žitava Tisa basin Tisa Bodrog Cirocha Laborec Latorica Muráň [sk] Ondava Topľa Uzh Slaná Blh [sk] Bodva Ida Hnilec Hornád Oľšava [sk] Rimava Svinka [sk] Torysa Turiec Baltic Sea basin Vistula basin Dunajec Poprad
Lakes	Tarns in Tatra Mountains Veľké Hincovo pleso Štrbské Pleso Popradské pleso Other natural lakes Morské oko Izra
Reservoirs	Váh basin Bešeňová [sk] Čierny Váh [sk] Hričov [sk] Kráľová [sk] Krpeľany [sk] Liptovská Mara Nosice [sk] Nová Bystrica [sk] Orava Sĺňava [sk] Žilina [sk] Other Gabčíkovo Dam Ružín [sk] Starina Veľká Domaša Zemplínska Šírava
River islands	Žitný ostrov

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