Czarny_Staw_pod_Rysami
Czarny Staw pod Rysami
Lake in the Tatra Mountains, southern Poland
Czarny Staw pod Rysami, or Black Lake below Mount Rysy in English, is a mountain lake in the Tatra mountains, Southern Poland. It is located on the Polish side of the highest mountain in Poland; Mount Rysy. At 1,583 m above sea level, it overlooks the nearby lake of Morskie Oko. Its maximum depth is 76 m (249 ft), this makes it the Second deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains after Wielki Staw Polski, and fourth deepest in Poland. A walking path circumnavigates the lake, and leads up to Mount Rysy, or down to Morskie Oko.