Location Carinthia Primary outflows Seebach to Drava river Max. length 10.7875 km (6.7030 mi) Length 11 km Surface elevation 501 m Volume 206 km³ | Primary inflows Basin countries Austria Max. width 1,540 m (5,050 ft) Area 10.5 km² Width 1.7 km | |
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Cities Ossiach, Steindorf am Ossiacher See, Steindorf | ||
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Lake Ossiach (German: Ossiacher See, Slovene: Osojsko jezero) is the third largest lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia, superseded only by Lake Wörth and Lake Millstatt.
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- Map of Lake Ossiach Austria
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Map of Lake Ossiach, Austria
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GeographyEdit
It is situated in the southern Nock Mountains range of the Gurktal Alps along the road between Villach and Feldkirchen, at a height of 501 m (1,644 ft). It reaches a maximum depth of 52.6 m (173 ft), the surface area is about 10.8 km2 (4.2 sq mi).
Lake Ossiach is a dimictic lake with mixing periods in spring and in late autumn. In summer the waters reach 28 °C. Several uninhabited parts of the shore are protected as natural reserves.
There are five main villages surrounding the lake, all of them mainly dependent on summer tourism: Annenheim and Sattendorf, parts of the Treffen municipality, Bodensdorf and Steindorf, all located on the northern shore, and Ossiach with Ossiach Abbey, after which the lake is named.