Triglav Lakes Valley

Dvojno jezero (Double Lake), photographed from the Triglav Lakes Hut

The Triglav Lakes Valley (Slovene: Dolina Triglavskih jezer) is a rocky hanging valley in the Julian Alps in Slovenia, below the sheer sides of Mount Tičarica and Mount Zelnarica to the southwest of Triglav. The valley is also called the Seven Lakes Valley (Slovene: Dolina sedmerih jezer), although there are ten and not seven lakes in the valley. It is above the tree line and is geologically alpine karst; therefore it has also been termed the Sea of Stone Valley (Slovene: Dolina kamnitega morja).

Lakes

The lowest lake is Črno jezero (Black Lake) at an elevation of 1,294 metres (4,245 ft) above sea level; it is above the rocky slope of the Komarča rock face. The Alpine Newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris), endemic to the Alps, lives in it. Below Tičarica (elevation 1,676 m (5,499 ft)) there are two interconnected lakes known as Dvojno jezero (Double Lake). At an elevation of 1,838 m (6,030 ft) lies Veliko jezero (Big Lake) or Jezero v Ledvici (Ledvica Lake). This is the largest and the deepest of these lakes. The highest is Jezero v Podstenju (Podstenje Lake), which is located at an elevation of 1,993 m (6,539 ft).