Lake Skadar

Lake Skadar
Lake Shkodër, Lake Shkodra, Lake Scutari
Lake Skadar and Mount Maranaj (1,576 m) in Albania
Lake Skadar Show map of Albania Lake Skadar Show map of Montenegro
Location	Albania–Montenegro border
Coordinates	42°10′N 19°19′E / 42.167°N 19.317°E / 42.167; 19.317
Primary inflows	Morača
Primary outflows	Buna
Basin countries	Albania, Montenegro
Max. length	44 km (27 mi)
Max. width	14 km (8.7 mi)
Surface area	370–530 km2 (140–200 sq mi)
Average depth	5.01 m (16.4 ft)
Max. depth	8.3 m (27 ft)[1] 44 m (144 ft)[citation needed]
Water volume	1,931.62×10^6 m3 (68.215×10^9 cu ft)
Shore length1	207 km (129 mi) is total length of coastline (including islands).
Surface elevation	6 m (20 ft)
References	[1]
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Skadarsko Jezero
Designated	13 December 1995
Reference no.	784[2]
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Lake Shkodra and River Buna
Designated	2 February 2006
Reference no.	1598[3]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Skadar (Albanian: Liqeni i Shkodrës, pronounced [liˈcɛni i ˈʃkɔdrəs]; Montenegrin: Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, pronounced [skâdarskɔː jɛ̂zɛrɔ]) – also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra – lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern Europe. It is named after the city of Shkodër which lies at its southeastern coast. It is a karst lake.

The Montenegrin section of the lake and surrounding land has been designated as a national park, while the Albanian part constitutes a nature reserve and a Ramsar site.