Dojran Lake

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Dojran Lake
Location	Macedonia
Coordinates	41°12′N 22°45′ECoordinates: 41°12′N 22°45′E
Max length	8.9 km
Max width	7.1 km
Surface area	43.1 km²
Max depth	10 m
Surface elevation	148 m

Dojran Lake (Macedonian: Доjранско Езеро, Dojransko Ezero; Greek: Λίμνη Δοϊράνη, Límni Doïráni) is a lake with an area of 43.1 km² shared between the Republic of Macedonia (27.3 km²) and Greece (15.8 km²). To the west is the city of Dojran and to the north the mountain Belasica. The lake has a rounded shape, a maximum depth of 10 m and a north-to-south length of 8.9 km and is 7.1 km at its widest, making it the third largest lake in the Republic of Macedonia after Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa.