Goczałkowice Lake

Goczałkowice Lake
Jezioro Goczałkowickie (Polish)
Aerial view of Goczałkowice Reservoir
Location of lake in Poland
Location of lake in Poland
Goczałkowice Lake
LocationSilesian Voivodeship, Poland
Coordinates49°55′48.03″N 18°51′43.75″E / 49.9300083°N 18.8621528°E / 49.9300083; 18.8621528
TypeReservoir
River sourcesVistula
Built1956 (1956)
Surface area32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Water volume168,000,000 m3 (5.9×109 cu ft)


Goczałkowice Lake (Polish: Jezioro Goczałkowickie) is an artificial water reservoir close to Goczałkowice-Zdrój in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland created with a dam on the Vistula in 1956. The area of the reservoir is 32 square kilometres and its capacity is 168 million m³. It is around 75 kilometres west of Kraków.

The shores of the lake are the breeding area for many bird species.

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