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Königssee (608) Obersee
Photo: Königssee, Obersee

Lakes504 photos

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Lakes around the world.

List of sights504 photos

Ammersee (398) Inning am Ammersee
Photo: Ammersee, Inning am Ammersee

Ammersee42 photos

The Ammersee is after Chiemsee and Lake Starnberg the third largest lake in Bavaria (under the lakes, which lie exclusively in Bavaria) and reaching…

Barmsee (22)
Photo: Barmsee

Barmsee3 photos

The Barmsee is a maximum of 1.12 km long and a maximum of 0.49 km wide lake in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Upper Bavaria) in the…

Eibsee (172) Zugspitze
Photo: Eibsee, Zugspitze

Eibsee21 photos

The Eibsee is a lake 9 km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen below (3.5 km north) of the Zugspitze (2,962 m) in the Wetterstein mountains in Bavaria

Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee) (322)
Photo: Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)

Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)27 photos

The Geroldsee, also called Wagenbrüchsee, is a bog lake near Krün, a few kilometers from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It has an area of 10.6 hectares, a…

Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache) (127)
Photo: Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)

Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)10 photos

The Hintersee (formerly Ferchensee or Forchensee) is a 16.4 hectare lake in the municipality of Ramsau in the Berchtesgadener Land, about two…

Hopfensee (1)
Photo: Hopfensee

Hopfensee2 photos

The Hopfensee is a maximum 2.1 km long lake with a circumference of 6.8 km north of Füssen in the district of Ostallgäu, Bavarian Swabia, Bavaria.…

Jökulsárlón (234)
Photo: Jökulsárlón

Jökulsárlón26 photos

Jökulsárlón, literally “glacial river lagoon”, is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at…

Kaw Swamp (197)
Photo: Kaw Swamp

Kaw-Roura Marshland80 photos

The Kaw-Roura Marshland Nature Reserve (Kaw Marshland or Marais de Kaw) is one of six natural reserves created by the French government in French

Kochelsee (5) Schlehdorf am Kochelsee - Herzogstand - Heimgarten
Photo: Kochelsee, Schlehdorf am Kochelsee - Herzogstand - Heimgarten

Kochelsee15 photos

The Kochelsee (Lake Kochel) is located 70 km south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. It belongs to the communities Schlehdorf in the west…

Königssee (608) Obersee
Photo: Königssee, Obersee

Königssee48 photos

The Königssee is a long mountain lake in Berchtesgaden in the southeast of Bavaria and part of the municipality of Schönau am Königssee. It lies at…

Uro’s Islands (34) Lake Titicaca
Photo: Uro’s Islands, Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca122 photos

Lake Titicaca is a large, deep, freshwater lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru, often called the “highest navigable lake” in the…

Lake Mývatn (5)
Photo: Lake Mývatn

Mývatn5 photos

Mývatn is a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. The lake and its…

Plansee (Tyrol) (26)
Photo: Plansee (Tyrol)

Plansee (Tyrol)7 photos

The Plansee is located in the district of Reutte, Tyrol, Austria within the Ammergau Alps. With almost 3 km², it is the second largest natural lake…

Pripri de Yiyi (1972)
Photo: Pripri de Yiyi

Pripri de Yiyi72 photos

The great Pripri de Yiyi is located on the municipalities of Sinnamary and Iracoubo, and covers about 15,000 ha. This ecosystem occupies a central…

Kompong Phluk (16)
Photo: Kompong Phluk

Tonlé Sap24 photos

Tonlé Sap, commonly translated to “Great Lake”, refers to a seasonally inundated freshwater lake, the Tonlé Sap Lake and an attached river, the…

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Wettolsheim10 photosDolomites48 photosMunich by night14 photosChurch village of Wamberg12 photosPilgrimage church Wilparting23 photosKochelsee15 photosEibsee21 photosAmmersee42 photosSummer in the city (Munich)20 photosBlack-and-white landscapes78 photos