# Lake Prespa

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Lake in South-eastern Europe

For other uses, see [Prespa (disambiguation)](/source/Prespa_(disambiguation)).

Lake Prespa The Island of Maligrad in the Albanian part of the lake Lake Prespa Show map of North Macedonia Lake Prespa Show map of Albania Lake Prespa Show map of Greece Lake Prespa Show map of Balkans Lake Prespa Show map of Europe Location Balkan Peninsula Coordinates 40°54′N 21°02′E / 40.900°N 21.033°E / 40.900; 21.033 Type Ancient lake, tectonic Primary outflows Lake Ohrid via karstic channels Basin countries North Macedonia Albania Greece Surface area 318 km2 (123 sq mi) Max. depth 54 m (177 ft) Surface elevation 853 m (2,799 ft) Islands Golem Grad, Mal Grad Ramsar Wetland Official name Lake Prespa Designated 4 April 1995 Reference no. 726[1] Ramsar Wetland Official name Albanian Prespa Lakes Designated 13 June 2013 Reference no. 2151[2]

The **Lake Prespa** is located on the [tripoint](/source/Tripoint) of [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia), [Albania](/source/Albania) and [Greece](/source/Greece). It is a system of two lakes separated by an [isthmus](/source/Isthmus): the Great Prespa Lake, divided among the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Greece. They are the highest [tectonic lakes](/source/Lake#Tectonic_lakes) in the [Balkans](/source/Balkans), at an elevation of 853 metres (2,799 ft).

The area contains three national parks: [Galičica National Park](/source/Gali%C4%8Dica) in North Macedonia, [Prespa National Park](/source/Prespa_National_Park_(Albania)) in Albania, and [Prespa National Park](/source/Prespa_National_Park_(Greece)) in Greece. The largest town in the region is [Resen](/source/Resen%2C_North_Macedonia) in North Macedonia. In 2014, [Ohrid-Prespa Transboundary Biosphere Reserve](/source/Ohrid-Prespa_Transboundary_Biosphere_Reserve) between Albania and North Macedonia was added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.[3]

## Geography

The Great Prespa Lake ([Macedonian](/source/Macedonian_language): Преспанско Езеро, *Prespansko Ezero*, [Albanian](/source/Albanian_language): *Liqeni i Prespës së Madhe*, [Greek](/source/Greek_language): Μεγάλη Πρέσπα, *Megáli Préspa*) has the total surface of 259 km2 (100.00 sq mi). The largest part of it, 176.3 km2 (68.07 sq mi) belongs to North Macedonia; 46.3 km2 (17.88 sq mi) to Albania; and 36.4 km2 (14.05 sq mi) to Greece.

To the south, the Little Prespa Lake[4] (Greek: Μικρή Πρέσπα, *Mikri Prespa*; Albanian: *Prespa e Vogël*; Macedonian: Мало Преспанско Езеро) has the total surface area of 46.8 km2 (18.07 sq mi), most of it in Greece, with the westernmost tip (4.3 km2 (1.66 sq mi)) in Albania.

The two lakes are separated by a 4-kilometre-long (2.5 mi) and 500-metre-wide (550 yd) isthmus on the Greek territory, carrying an embankment with a road connecting the village of [Psarades](/source/Psarades). A short stretch of a canal connects the lakes on the western side of the isthmus.

## History

Topographic map of Lake Prespa and [Lake Ohrid](/source/Lake_Ohrid).

*[Spongilla prespensis](/source/Spongilla_prespensis)* is endemic to Lake Prespa

In Classical times, the Prespa region formed part of ancient [Lynkestis](/source/Lynkestis), and the lakes were called Little and Great Brygeis. In the 10th century, the [Tsar Samuel](/source/Samuel_of_Bulgaria) built the fortress and church of [St. Achillius](/source/Achillius_of_Larissa) on an island called Agios Achillios in the Small Prespa Lake, on the Greek side of the border. The biggest island in the Great Prespa Lake, within North Macedonia, is called [Golem Grad](/source/Golem_Grad) ("Large Town"), and Snake Island (Zmiski Ostrov). The other island [Mal Grad](/source/Mal_Grad) ("Small Town", in Albania) is the site of a ruined 14th century monastery dedicated to [St. Peter](/source/St._Peter). Today, both islands are uninhabited.

Because Great Prespa Lake sits in limestone country about 150m above [Lake Ohrid](/source/Lake_Ohrid), which lies only about 10 km (6 miles) to the west, the only outlets for its waters are through underground channels in the [karst](/source/Karst) and emerge from [springs](/source/Spring_(hydrosphere)) which feed streams running into Lake Ohrid.[5]

In the 1970s, the [communist regime](/source/People's_Socialist_Republic_of_Albania) in Albania diverted the [Devoll River](/source/Devoll_(river)) feeding the Little Prespa to irrigate agricultural lands in the [Korçë](/source/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB) area, contributing to the depletion of the lake's surface area from 450 hectares to no more than 20 hectares by 2024, with the lost area either drying out or converted into swampland. The Great Prespa also saw its surface area decrease by seven percent and its volume reduced by half from 1984 to 2020.[6]

For many years, the Greek part of the Prespa Lakes region was an underpopulated, militarily sensitive area which required special permission for outsiders to visit. It saw fierce fighting during the [Greek Civil War](/source/Greek_Civil_War) and much of the local population subsequently emigrated to escape endemic poverty and political strife. The region developed little until the 1970s, when it began to be promoted as a tourist destination. With its abundance of rare fauna and flora, the area was declared a Transnational Park in 2000. In 1999 the Society for the Protection of Prespa received the [Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award](/source/Ramsar_Wetland_Conservation_Award) for its conservation efforts regarding the Lake Prespa [Ramsar](/source/Ramsar_Convention) site, and was eventually included on 3 July 2013.

In 2018, Great Prespa Lake was the setting for the signing of the [Prespa Agreement](/source/Prespa_Agreement), intended to resolve the [Macedonia naming dispute](/source/Macedonia_naming_dispute) by renaming the Republic of Macedonia to [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia).[7] The agreement was signed on 17 June 2018 in a high-level ceremony at the Greek border village of [Psarades](/source/Psarades) on the lake, by the two foreign ministers [Nikola Dimitrov](/source/Nikola_Dimitrov) (of the Republic of Macedonia) and [Nikos Kotzias](/source/Nikos_Kotzias) (of [Greece](/source/Greece)) and in the presence of the respective prime ministers, [Zoran Zaev](/source/Zoran_Zaev) and [Alexis Tsipras](/source/Alexis_Tsipras).[8] After the ceremony, Tsipras and Zaev crossed over the border to North Macedonia's side of the lake for lunch at the village of [Oteševo](/source/Ote%C5%A1evo), in a highly symbolic move that marked the first time a Greek prime minister set foot in the Republic of Macedonia since it declared independence in 1991.[9]

## Wildlife

Only 11 native fish species are known from the lake. Of these 9 of these are [endemic](/source/Endemism): *[Alburnoides prespensis](/source/Alburnoides_prespensis)*, *[Alburnus belvica](/source/Alburnus_belvica)*, *[Barbus prespensis](/source/Barbus_prespensis)*, *[Chondrostoma prespense](/source/Chondrostoma_prespense)*, *[Cobitis meridionalis](/source/Cobitis_meridionalis)*, *[Pelasgus prespensis](/source/Pelasgus_prespensis)*, *[Rutilus prespensis](/source/Rutilus_prespensis)*, *[Salmo peristericus](/source/Salmo_peristericus)* and *[Squalius prespensis](/source/Squalius_prespensis)*; the additional two are *[Anguilla anguilla](/source/Anguilla_anguilla)* (European eel) and *[Cyprinus carpio](/source/Cyprinus_carpio)* (European carp).[10] The lake is also home to the freshwater [sponge](/source/Sponge) *[Spongilla prespensis](/source/Spongilla_prespensis)*.[11]

### Important Bird Areas

North Macedonia's part of the lake has been designated an [Important Bird Area](/source/Important_Bird_Area) (IBA) by [BirdLife International](/source/BirdLife_International) because it supports populations of [ferruginous ducks](/source/Ferruginous_duck), [tufted ducks](/source/Tufted_duck), [Dalmatian pelicans](/source/Dalmatian_pelican) and [pygmy cormorants](/source/Pygmy_cormorant).[12] The Albanian part of the lake is a separate but corresponding IBA for the same reason,[13] as is the Greek southern section of the lake.[14]

## Gallery

		- Fisherman's hut in [Oteševo](/source/Ote%C5%A1evo), North Macedonia

		- Beach "Ribarsko Selo" in Oteševo, North Macedonia

		- Beach at [Konjsko](/source/Konjsko%2C_Resen), North Macedonia

		- Prespa as seen from Oteševo - [Stenje](/source/Stenje) route in North Macedonia

		- The lake as seen from Oteševo - Stenje route

		- "Evropa" hotel in Oteševo, now abandoned

		- The southern shoreline (Stenje - Konjsko)

		- Fisherman's huts at "Ribarsko Selo"

		- Shoreline along the Greek side

		- View from Greek side

		- Cliff face around Greek side

		- Maligrad Island in Albania

		- A platform in Lake Prespa

## See also

- [Prespa](/source/Prespa), adjacent region in North Macedonia

- [Prespa e Vogël](/source/Mala_Prespa) and [Gollobordë](/source/Gollobord%C3%AB), adjacent region in Albania

- [Prespa National Park](/source/Prespa_National_Park_(Albania))

- [Prespes](/source/Prespes), adjacent municipality in Greece

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Lake Prespa"](https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/726). *[Ramsar](/source/Ramsar_Convention) Sites Information Service*. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Albanian Prespa Lakes"](https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2151). *[Ramsar](/source/Ramsar_Convention) Sites Information Service*. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Thirteen sites added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves](http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/thirteen_sites_added_to_unescos_world_network_of_biosphere_reserves/) – [UNESCO](/source/UNESCO)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Kapka Kassabova, To the Lake, Granta 2020, map 1 gives simply Lake Prespa and Little Prespa, not Great and Small Prespa

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Thomas Wilke, Risto Väinolä, Frank Riedel (2009), [*Patterns and Processes of Speciation in Ancient Lakes: Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Speciation in Ancient Lakes, Berlin, Germany, September 4–8, 2006 (Developments in Hydrobiology)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=gqRToWKR8xkC&dq=prespa+topography&pg=PA107), p. 107, Springer, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-4020-9581-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4020-9581-3)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Shrinking lake on Albanian-Greek border struggles to survive"](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241002-shrinking-lake-on-albanian-greek-border-struggles-to-survive). *France 24*. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2018FinalAgreement_7-0)** ["Final Agreement for the Settlement of the Differences as Described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993), the Termination of the Interim Accord of 1995, and the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership Between the Parties"](http://s.kathimerini.gr/resources/article-files/symfwnia-aggliko-keimeno.pdf) (PDF). *Kathimerini*. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Greece, Macedonia sign pact to change ex-Yugoslav republic's name"](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-macedonia-name-pms/greece-macedonia-sign-pact-to-change-ex-yugoslav-republics-name-idUSKBN1JD06D). *[Reuters](/source/Reuters)*. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Prespa: Alexis Tsipras is the first Greek prime minister to visit FYROM (original: Πρέσπες: Ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας είναι ο πρώτος Έλληνας πρωθυπουργός που επισκέφθηκε την πΓΔΜ)"](https://www.huffingtonpost.gr/entry/prespes-o-alexes-tsipras-einai-o-protos-ellenas-prothepoeryos-poe-episkeftheke-ten-pydm_gr_5b263751e4b0783ae129eba2). *HuffPost*. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Talevski, T.; Milosevic, D.; Maric, D.; Petrovic, D.; Talevska, M.; Talevska, A. (2009). "Biodiversity of Ichthyofauna from Lake Prespa, Lake Ohrid and Lake Skadar". *Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment*. **23** (sup1). Informa UK Limited: 400–404. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/13102818.2009.10818449](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F13102818.2009.10818449). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1310-2818](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1310-2818). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [84541133](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:84541133).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Spongilla prespensis"](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367128). World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bli_12-0)** ["Lake Prespa"](http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-prespa-iba-north-macedonia). *BirdLife Data Zone*. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bli2_13-0)** ["Lake Megali Prespa"](http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-megali-prespa-iba-albania). *BirdLife Data Zone*. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bli3_14-0)** ["Prespa National Park and Varnountas mountains"](http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/prespa-national-park-and-varnountas-mountains-iba-greece). *BirdLife Data Zone*. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

## Sources

- "Prespa, Lake". *Encyclopædia Britannica*, 2005.

- "Prespa, Lake". *The Columbia Encyclopedia*, 2004.

## External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for ***[Prespa](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Prespa#Q204392)***.

- Media related to [Lake Prespa](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lake_Prespa) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Archived webpage of Transboundary Prespa Park](https://web.archive.org/web/20090215051640/http://www.prespapark.org/)

- [Archived webpage of Prespa National Park Official Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20160618050009/http://prespanationalpark.gov.al/)

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