Kremenski Lakes

Kremenski Lakes

Kremenski Lakes is a lake group in the Pirin mountains, southwestern Bulgaria composed of two larger and two smaller lakes situated in a narrow but salient cirque of the same name. They are surrounded by the peaks Sivriya and Dzhano and the Kremenski elevation which ends with Kremenski peak.

*The Upper Kremen lake is situated at 2,352 m altitude. Its size is 335x270 m which makes an area of 66,1 decares. It is 13,6 m deep and has considerable amount of water estimated to 478,000 m³.

*The Lower Kremen lake at 2,304 m is the largest in the this group of lakes and the second largest in Pirin after the Popovo Lake. Its surface area is 98 decares. It is 27 m deep which makes it third in the mountain. Is has an elongated form (500x275 m) and the amount of water is 1,000,000 m³.


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  • Pirin — The Pirin Mountains ( bg. Пирин) are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren (2,914 m high) the highest peak, situated at coord|41|45|50|N|23|25|30|E|. The range extends about 40 km northwest southeast, and about 25 km wide. Most… …   Wikipedia

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