Łuknajno Lake
| Łuknajno Lake | |
|---|---|
 Łuknajno lake | |
| Location | Masurian Lake District, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship |
| Coordinates | 53°48′19″N 21°38′34″E / 53.80528°N 21.64278°E |
| Basin countries | Poland |
| Max. length | 3.3 km (2.1 mi) |
| Surface area | 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 0.6 m (2 ft 0 in) |
| Max. depth | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
| Official name | Luknajno Lake Nature Reserve |
| Designated | 22 November 1977 |
| Reference no. | 166[1] |
Łuknajno [wukˈnajnɔ] (German: Lucknainer See) is a lake in the Masurian Lake District of north-eastern Poland, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the town of Mikołajki, close to the north-western corner of Poland's largest lake called Śniardwy. Łuknajno covers an area of 6.8 square kilometres (2.6 sq mi), and has a maximum depth of 3 metres (9.8 ft).
The lake is the site of a nature reserve, and since 1977 has been designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a Ramsar site, in view of its importance as a breeding ground for water birds such as grebe, rail, moorhen, grey heron, bearded tit, white-tailed eagle, osprey, rust-coloured kite, cormorant and black tern. The lake is known since many decades as the habitat of the mute swan (Latin: Cygnus olor) – nesting there every year from a dozen to tens of dozen of pairs, and in time of moult arriving in numbers reaching up to 2,000 birds.[2] The lake is part of the larger protected area known as Masurian Landscape Park.
See also
- Puszcza Piska forest
- Masuria region
References
- ^ "Luknajno Lake Nature Reserve". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ (in Polish) Ludwik Tomiałojć, Tadeusz Stawarczyk: Awifauna Polski. Rozmieszczenie, liczebność i zmiany. Wrocław: PTPP "pro Natura", 2003, pp. 157–297. ISBN 83-919626-1-X
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