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Large Hincovo Lake
- Area
- 0.20 km²
- Max depth
- 54 m
- Tonight
- -2°CFair · Wind 10 km/h SW
Large Hincovo Lake is a lake at 1,950 m above sea level in Slovakia, 0.20 km² in area and 0.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,950 m
- Length
- 0.8 km
- Shoreline
- 2.1 km
Large Hincovo Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.1 km≈30 min to walk around
Large Hincovo Lake 3D map
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Large Hincovo Lake 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.
Large Hincovo Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Large Hincovo Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · -2°C (28°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 10 km/h SW
Large Hincovo Lake forecast for about 1,950 m.
- Tonight-2°0.2 mm10 km/h SW
- Today-2°1°–8 km/h SW
- Sun-3°2°4.7 mm18 km/h SW
- Mon-7°-1°1.9 mm17 km/h NW
- Tue-5°1°–4 km/h NE
- Wed-2°4°–4 km/h N
- Thu-2°0°1.7 mm6 km/h N
- Fri-4°1°0.1 mm5 km/h NE
- Sat-4°-2°0.5 mm3 km/h N
- Sun-4°-1°0.5 mm2 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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Large Hincovo Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Large Hincovo Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Chata pod Rysmi
Nearest campsite
Szałasiska
Nearest parking
4.2 km NNE
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Chata pod RysmiHut | 2.1 km ESE |
| Schronisko PTTK Morskie OkoHut | 2.6 km NNE |
| Stare Schronisko PTTK Morskie OkoHut | 2.7 km NNE |
| SzałasiskaCampsite | 3.9 km NNE |
| Parking | 4.2 km NNE |
| Táborisko na poľane pod VysokouCampsite | 4.2 km ENE |
| Lyžiarsky areál Štrbské PlesoParking | 5.7 km S |
| Parking | 5.9 km S |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 57.0% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,019 m low point 1,395 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 2 km; 200 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Roseroot39
- Hedge-leaved adenostyle34
- Common bistort27
- Spotted gentian25
- Alpine avens23
- Northern firmoss21
Where Large Hincovo Lake sits
- Range
- Carpathians56Inner Western Carpathians34Fatra-Tatra Area34Tatra Mountains21Eastern Tatras13High Tatras13
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park13
Nearby places
Czarny Staw pod RysamiLake · 1,583 m↑1.6 km NE
Morskie OkoLake · 1,395 m↑2.2 km NNE
Popradské plesoLake · 1,494 m↑3.3 km SSE
Mengusovská dolina↑3.6 km SSE
Wielki Staw PolskiLake · 1,665 m↑3.6 km NNW
More in the High Tatras 6
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- Imagery
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- Land cover
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- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)