Lake Orestiada or Lake of Kastoria (Greek: Λίμνη Ορεστιάδα) is a lake in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, northwestern Greece. Sitting at an altitude of 630 metres, the lake covers an area of 28 square kilometres.

Lake Orestiada
Lake of Kastoria
Lake of Kastoria
Lake Orestiada
Location	Kastoria regional unit, Macedonia, Greece
Coordinates	40°30′54″N 21°18′00″E
Native name	Λίμνη Ορεστιάδα  (Greek)
Basin countries	Greece
Surface area	28 km2 (11 sq mi)
Surface elevation	630 m (2,070 ft)

Nine rivulets flow into the lake, and it drains into the Haliacmon river. Its depth varies from nine to ten metres. The Orestida was formed about 10 million years ago.^{[citation needed]} The Kastoria Peninsula (with the town of Kastoria) divides the lake into two parts, the larger to the north and the smaller to the south.

The lake takes its name from the Oreiades. Lakeside attractions include, apart from the Byzantine architectural heritage of the town, an 11th-century Byzantine monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa and the reconstructed prehistoric settlement of Dispilio, where the Dispilio Tablet was retrieved from the lake in 1992. The lake is known to freeze in winters.

Pictures

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  Road close to the lake
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  View to the town
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  Dalmatian pelican at lake Orestiada
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  Eurasian coots at lake Orestiada
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  Black headed gulls at lake Orestiada
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  Mute swan swimming at lake Orestiada
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  View to the lake

See also

• Battle of Lake Kastoria (1941)
• Krepeni
• Mavrochori
• Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa

Bibliography

• 1830 Map

На других языках

[de] Kastoria-See

[it] Lago Orestiada

[ru] Кастория (озеро)