Lake Skadar
- Area
- 362 km²
- Max depth
- 5 m
- Tonight
- 15°CFog · Wind 6 km/h NW
Lake Skadar is a lake at 4 m above sea level in Albania, 362 km² in area and 43.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 4 m
- Length
- 43.2 km
- Shoreline
- 203.7 km
Lake Skadar 3D map
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Lake Skadar topographic map
25 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 Skadar elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Skadar downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Lake Skadar in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 203.7 km
Lake Skadar weather
Tonight · Fog · 15°C (59°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW
Lake Skadar forecast for about 4 m.
- Tonight15°–6 km/h NW
- Today14°19°11.5 mm11 km/h N
- Sun14°18°1.5 mm10 km/h NW
- Mon11°20°–14 km/h W
- Tue9°18°–10 km/h N
- Wed8°16°–13 km/h NW
- Thu10°16°–6 km/h N
- Fri12°16°–6 km/h NW
- Sat11°14°0.8 mm10 km/h NW
- Sun10°15°–5 km/h N
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 Skadar
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Skadar, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
7.5 km WSW
Nearest campsite
Kamp Donji Murići
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 7.5 km WSW |
| Kamp Donji MurićiCampsite | 7.6 km WSW |
| Parking | 7.7 km S |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.7% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 660 m low point 1 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 10 km; 200 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Hermann's Tortoise20
- Pygmy Cormorant20
- Squacco Heron15
- Common Coot12
- Blue-tailed Damselfly12
- Grey Heron11
Where Lake Skadar sits
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-05)
- 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)
- 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)