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Lake Solina 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.
Bieszczady Mountains
Bieszczady is the Polish name for a mountain range in the extreme south-east of Poland, extending into Ukraine and Slovakia...
region, more precisely in Lesko County
Lesko County
Lesko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created in 2002 out of five gminas which previously made up the western part of Bieszczady County...
of the Subcarpathian Voivodship of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. Its coordinates are 49°22′27"N 22°27′8"E.
The lake was created in 1968 by the construction of the Solina Dam
Solina Dam
The Solina Dam is the largest dam and hydroelectric plant in Poland. It is located in Lesko County in the Bieszczady Mountains area of south-eastern Poland.-History:...
on the San River
San River
The San is a river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, a tributary of the Vistula River, with a length of 433 km and a basin area of 16,861 km2...
. 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
Solina (Poland)
Solina is a village in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the former seat of the gmina called Gmina Solina . It lies approximately south-east of Lesko and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów...
, Myczkowce
Myczkowce
Myczkowce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Solina, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Solina, south-east of Lesko, and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....
and Polańczyk
Polanczyk
Polańczyk is a village in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies in, and serves as the seat of, the administrative district of Gmina Solina. Polańczyk lies approximately south-west of Solina, south-east of Lesko, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów. In...
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.