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Lake · Crete Region

Kournas

16 m52 ft
Area
0.54 km²
Tonight
15°CFog · Wind 14 km/h NW

Kournas is a lake at 16 m above sea level in Crete Region, Greece, 0.54 km² in area and 1.2 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
16 m
Length
1.2 km
Shoreline
3.3 km
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Lake

Kournas in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.2 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
3.3 km≈45 min to walk around
3D map

Kournas 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Kournas terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Kournas elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Kournas weather

Tonight · Fog · 15°C (59°F) · Wind 14 km/h NW

Kournas forecast for about 16 m.

  • Tonight15°–14 km/h NW
  • Today14°22°–12 km/h NW
  • Sun14°22°2.4 mm13 km/h SW
  • Mon14°18°16.7 mm14 km/h S
  • Tue15°18°17.7 mm14 km/h N
  • Wed12°17°18.2 mm12 km/h N
  • Thu9°18°–14 km/h NW
  • Fri13°19°0.1 mm2 km/h W
  • Sat14°19°14.0 mm5 km/h W
  • Sun13°19°4.9 mm4 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Kournas

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

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.4 km NE
Parking0.5 km ENE
Parking0.5 km NNE
Campsite5.9 km SSW
Campsite6.2 km SSW
Campsite6.4 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 53% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
52.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.8%
Steep, 30–45°
11.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
11.5% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,010 m low point 1 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 57.1%Grassland 22.5%Shrubland 13.3%Water 3.6%Built-up 1.7%Cropland 1.7%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 328 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Pond Slider55
  • Little Grebe52
  • Western Caspian Turtle34
  • Black-tailed Skimmer32
  • Cretan Wall Lizard23
  • Common Coot21
Where it sits

Where Kournas sits

Region
Crete Region8Greece41Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Downloads

Kournas downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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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 2026-09-06)
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
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia