Egelsee (Kärnten)

Egelsee
View to the east with Mirnock (Nock Mountains) massif
Location	Carinthia
Coordinates	46°47′03″N 13°33′40″E / 46.7842°N 13.5610°E / 46.7842; 13.5610Coordinates: 46°47′03″N 13°33′40″E / 46.7842°N 13.5610°E / 46.7842; 13.5610
Type	mire lake
Primary outflows	to Drava River
Basin countries	Austria

Surface area	9.35 ha (23.1 acres)
Surface elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)

Egelsee is a mire lake in Carinthia, Austria. The lake and its environment are part of a protected landscape area.

It is located on the plateau of a hill chain stretching between the southern shore of Millstätter See and the Drava valley near Spittal an der Drau. The lake can be reached via hiking trails through the surrounding forests. Open air bathing is possible. Formerly the lake was also called Ecksee.

The mire lake with an area of 9.35 hectares is completely surrounded by floating grass. Due to its location in the midst of a vast moor his water colour is deep brown. The acidic waters are sourrounded by quaking bogs, mostly of peat mosses. Sundews, bladderworts, alpenrose, hare's-tail cottongrass, bog-rosemary, and bog billberry also occur. All stages of bog formation can be observed on Egelsee. The local fauna include cyclops copepods as well as common frogs and water frogs, with large spawn clusters covering the shoreline water surface in spring. Originally there were no fish in this lake.

The Millstätter See-back is about 2 km wide and 13 km long, honed by the last ice age to rolling hills barrier between Lake Millstatt (588 m) to the north and the Drautal (about 530 m) to the south. The lake is mostly a landscape conservation area, which is located in the municipality of Seeboden, Spittal and Ferndorf. The south shore of Lake Millstatt is natural as opposed to the northern shore in large parts and virtually uninhabited. The shortest route from Millstatt into Drautal - Lake Millstatt was thereby crossed by boat - went some distance to the east past the Egelsees. Remnants of the old flagstone pathway are still discoverable.

Gallery

View to Hochgosch, northwest
Swampy shores, view to east
Swimming at the lake.

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Lakes of Carinthia

Main lakes	Faaker See Keutschacher See Klopeiner See Millstätter See Ossiacher See Weissensee Wörthersee

Secondary lakes	Afritzer See Aichwaldsee Baßgeigensee Brennsee Dietrichsteiner See Dösener See Egelsee Falkertsee Farchtensee Ferlacher Badesee Flatschacher See Flattnitzer See Forstsee Goggausee Gösselsdorfer See Hafnersee Haidensee Hörzendorfer See Jeserzer See Kleinsee Kraiger See Längsee Magdalensee Maltschacher See Moosburger Mitterteich Penkensee Pressegger See Rauschelesee Silbersee Sonnegger See Stappitzer See Turnersee Turracher See Urbansee Vassacher See Zmulner See

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