Lake Palatinus

At 32-hectares, Lake Palatinus sits in Esztergom, Hungary, 40 km from Budapest, on the border of the Danube-Ipoly National Park. It is the biggest man-made lake of the Dorog Basin. Created at the site of a former quarry active in the 1950s whose aggregate sand was extracted for use in the mining industry. At its deepest point, the lake stands at 12 meters.

Key facts

Type: lake
Area: 32 hectares
Elevation: 124 m

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Coordinates: 47.728056, 18.740556Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page comes from: Lake Palatinus (en.wikipedia.org), as of 27 July 2026

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