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Mittagskogel · 2,145 m · 8.1 km SSE
Lake · Carinthia

Faaker See

553 m1,814 ft
Area
2.18 km²
Max depth
30 m
Tonight
7°CHeavy rain showers · Wind 4 km/h N

Faaker See is a lake at 553 m above sea level in Carinthia, Austria, 2.18 km² in area and 2.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
553 m
Length
2.3 km
Shoreline
9.9 km
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3D map

Faaker See 3D map

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Topographic map

Faaker See topographic map

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Faaker See elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Lake

Faaker See in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.3 km longest1 kmN ↑
Shoreline
9.9 km≈2½ h to walk around
Weather

Faaker See weather

Tonight · Heavy rain showers · 7°C (45°F) · 4.1 mm · Wind 4 km/h N

Faaker See forecast for about 553 m.

  • Tonight7°4.1 mm4 km/h N
  • Today1°8°3.3 mm8 km/h E
  • Sun3°11°0.2 mm8 km/h SW
  • Mon2°14°–5 km/h E
  • Tue5°13°–5 km/h E
  • Wed4°15°–4 km/h SE
  • Thu3°13°–5 km/h E
  • Fri3°12°–4 km/h E
  • Sat3°11°0.4 mm4 km/h E
  • Sun2°9°–4 km/h NE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Faaker See

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Faaker See, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.8 km NW

    +2 more within 0.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Strandcamping Gruber

    0.8 km SE · +2 more within 0.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Parkplatz Silbersee Ranch

    3.4 km NNW

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Mitzl-Moitzl Hütte

    6.7 km SSW · +2 more within 6.8 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Parking0.8 km NW
Strandcamping GruberCampsite0.8 km SE
AnderwaldCampsite0.8 km SE
Camping ArneitzCampsite0.8 km ESE
Parking0.9 km ESE
Parking0.9 km NNW
Parkplatz Silbersee RanchCaravan site3.4 km NNW
Hut6.4 km SSE
Mitzl-Moitzl HütteHut6.7 km SSW
Rossalmhütte / Koča na BleščečiHut6.8 km SE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.3 × 4.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 82% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
81.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
16.3%
Steep, 30–45°
2.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
2.2% of the 18 km² view
Relief in view
254 m low point 481 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 52.2%Grassland 20.9%Water 12.4%Cropland 8.7%Built-up 5.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2.1 km of Faaker See.

NESW1 km3 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Tabor724 m 1.3 km ENE
  2. 2Weinberg688 m 1.8 km SSW
  3. 3Wauberg689 m 2.0 km ENE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.1 km; 414 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Himalayan balsam12
  • Japanese Silk Moth10
  • Common Chaffinch9
  • Eurasian Blackbird9
  • Purple loosestrife8
  • Common reed8
Where it sits

Where Faaker See sits

Range
Alps751Eastern Alps350Southern Limestone Alps121Carinthian-Slovenian Alps17Karawanks8Western Karawanks8
Region
Carinthia19Austria205Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Western Karawanks 4
See all 8 in the Western Karawanks →
Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-14)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia