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 / 53.80528; 21.64278Coordinates: 53°48′19″N 21°38′34″E / 53.80528°N 21.64278°E / 53.80528; 21.64278
Basin countries	Poland
Max. length	3.3 km
Surface area	6.8 km²
Average depth	0.6 m
Max. depth	3 m
Surface elevation	115 m

Łuknajno [wukˈnajnɔ] 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 unique 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.^[1] The lake is part of the larger protected area known as Masurian Landscape Park.

See also

• Puszcza Piska forest
• Masuria region

External links

• Łuknajno Lake: UNESCO biosphere reserve description