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Morskie Oko
- Area
- 0.32 km²
- Max depth
- 51 m
- Tonight
- 1°CFair · Wind 10 km/h SW
Morskie Oko is a lake at 1,395 m above sea level in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, 0.32 km² in area and 0.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,395 m
- Length
- 0.8 km
- Shoreline
- 2.5 km
Camping & parking near Morskie Oko
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Morskie Oko, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.0 km NNE
Nearest hut
Schronisko PTTK Morskie Oko
Nearest campsite
Szałasiska
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Schronisko PTTK Morskie OkoHut | 0.5 km N |
| Stare Schronisko PTTK Morskie OkoHut | 0.5 km N |
| SzałasiskaCampsite | 1.7 km NNE |
| Parking | 2.0 km NNE |
| Schronisko PTTK w Dolinie Pięciu Stawów PolskichHut | 2.4 km NW |
| Táborisko na poľane pod VysokouCampsite | 3.4 km ESE |
| Palenica BiałczańskaParking | 6.9 km NNE |
| Parking | 7.7 km SE |
Morskie Oko in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.5 km≈45 min to walk around
Morskie Oko 3D map
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Morskie Oko 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.
Morskie Oko elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Morskie Oko weather
Tonight · Fair · 1°C (34°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 10 km/h SW
Morskie Oko forecast for about 1,395 m.
- Tonight1°0.2 mm10 km/h SW
- Today1°4°–8 km/h SW
- Sun0°5°4.7 mm18 km/h SW
- Mon-4°2°1.9 mm17 km/h NW
- Tue-2°4°–4 km/h NE
- Wed1°7°–4 km/h N
- Thu1°3°1.7 mm6 km/h N
- Fri-1°4°0.1 mm5 km/h NE
- Sat-1°1°0.5 mm3 km/h N
- Sun-1°2°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, 23:18 UTC.
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°
- 58.1% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,268 m low point 1,202 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; 288 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Northern Nutcracker114
- Brown Trout49
- Willow gentian40
- Mountain pine37
- Hedge-leaved adenostyle34
- Mallard28
Where Morskie Oko sits
- Range
- Carpathians56Inner Western Carpathians34Fatra-Tatra Area34Tatra Mountains21Eastern Tatras13High Tatras13
- Region
- Lesser Poland Voivodeship12Poland47Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Tatra National Park3
Nearby places
Czarny Staw pod RysamiLake · 1,583 m↑1.1 km SSE
Large Hincovo Lake1,946 m↑2.1 km SSW
Wielki Staw PolskiLake · 1,665 m↑2.5 km WNW
Kozi WierchPeak · 2,291 m↑3.8 km NW
Popradské plesoLake · 1,494 m↑5.0 km S
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)