Mały Staw Explained

Mały Staw
Location:Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Coordinates:50.7484°N 15.701°W
Type:Lake
Area:2.8ha
Depth:7m (23feet)
Elevation:1183m (3,881feet)
Pushpin Map:Krkonoše central
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Mały Staw within the Central Krkonoše

Mały Staw (1183m (3,881feet), Polish for The Small Pond, Kleiner Teich in german) is a natural lake of glacial origin in the Krkonoše mountains in western Poland. It is situated in the Polish Karkonosze National Park at the bottom of the cirque, on the southern slope of the Smogornia mountain, 1 km south of Wielki Staw.[1]

With its area of 2.8 hectares,[2] it is the second biggest glacial lake in the whole range. Its depth reaches 7 m. The place is accessible from the Polish-Czech Friendship Trail (red marks) and a blue marked short distance trail from Równia pod Śnieżką. A mountain hut Samotnia is situated on the north shore.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kotły Małego i Wielkiego Stawu. 2010-01-02.
  2. Web site: Kocioł Małego Stawu. 2010-01-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091001052051/http://www.karkonosze.pl/maly_staw/malystaw.php. 2009-10-01.