Lake Kerkini
- Area
- 53 km²
- Tonight
- 13°CFair · Wind 3 km/h N
Lake Kerkini is a lake at 34 m above sea level in Macedonia, Greece, 53 km² in area and 16.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 34 m
- Length
- 16.0 km
- Shoreline
- 48.1 km
Lake Kerkini 3D map
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Lake Kerkini topographic map
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.
Lake Kerkini elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Kerkini downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Lake Kerkini in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 48.1 km
Lake Kerkini weather
Tonight · Fair · 13°C (55°F) · Wind 3 km/h N
Lake Kerkini forecast for about 34 m.
- Tonight13°–3 km/h N
- Today13°20°0.1 mm7 km/h SE
- Sun12°19°–7 km/h E
- Mon11°20°0.4 mm7 km/h SW
- Tue10°18°–5 km/h NW
- Wed9°16°0.1 mm5 km/h N
- Thu9°18°–5 km/h NW
- Fri11°18°–4 km/h NW
- Sat11°18°3.2 mm5 km/h NW
- Sun10°17°3.0 mm4 km/h S
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Kerkini
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Kerkini, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.8 km W
Slope
Share of the 18 × 18 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 79% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.8% of the 324 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,154 m low point 22 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.0 km; 1,155 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Great White Pelican185
- Great Cormorant171
- Grey Heron167
- Squacco Heron144
- Green Lizard143
- Pygmy Cormorant117
Where Lake Kerkini sits
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-14)
- 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
- Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia