Lake Solina

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Jezioro Solińskie Lake Solina
The lake seen from the dam.
Location	Bieszczady
Coordinates	49°22′27″N, 22°27′8″ECoordinates: 49°22′27″N, 22°27′8″E
Lake type	Artificial lake
Primary inflows	San River
Primary outflows	San River
Basin countries	Poland
Surface area	22 km²
Water volume	472 mio m³
Shore length¹	150 km
Settlements	Solina, Myczkowce, Polańczyk
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Solina (Polish: Jezioro Solińskie) is an artificial lake in the Bieszczady Mountains region, more precisely in Lesko County of the Subcarpathian Voivodship of Poland. Its coordinates are 49°22′27″N, 22°27′8″E.

The lake was created in 1968 by the construction of the Solina Dam on the San River. It has an area of 22 square kilometers and contains 472 million cubic meters of water, making it Poland's largest artificial lake.

It is the best known tourist attraction of the region, with waterside villages like Solina, Myczkowce and Polańczyk catering to watersports enthusiasts. The lake's great depth, water clarity, and mountainous scenery makes it a very popular destination for boaters. Because of these qualities the lake has been nicknamed the "Bieszczady Sea".

Starting in the 1970s the Wojewódzkie Przedsiębiorstwo Turystyczne (State Tourism Enterprise) "Bieszczady" purchased a number of vessels for the lake and established the lake's White Fleet. The fleet's main ships offer cruises on the lake.