Avrig Lake

{{Short description|Glacial lake in Romania}}

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{{Infobox body of water

| name = Lacul Avrig

| image = Gory Fogaraskie (Fagaras Mountains) 25.jpg

| caption = Avrig Lake

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| location = Făgăraș Mountains

| coords = {{coord|45|34|42|N|24|28|55|E|type:waterbody_region:RO-SB|display=inline,title}}

| type = glacial

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|pushpin_map=Romania

| catchment =

| basin_countries = Romania

| length = {{convert|180|m|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|100|m|abbr=on}}

| area = {{convert|1.4|ha|abbr=on}}

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| max-depth = {{convert|4.5|m|abbr=on}}

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| elevation = {{convert|2,011|m|abbr=on}}

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Avrig Lake ({{langx|ro|Lacul Avrig}}) is a glacial lake situated in the Făgăraș Mountains of Romania, in the northeastern corner of Vâlcea County. It is situated at an altitude of {{convert|2011|m|ft}}. The lake surface is about {{convert|1.47|ha|acres}} and the deepest point reaches {{convert|4.5|m|ft}}.

The lake has an approximately trapezoidal shape, with its length reaching around {{convert|180|m|ft}} from east to west, and a maximum width of around {{convert|100|m|ft}} from north to south. It is the origin of the Avrig River.

From a tourist's point of view, Avrig Lake is halfway between Suru Chalet and Negoiu Chalet.

From 2005 to 2008, volunteers cleaned the routes near the lake and the lake bottom down to {{convert|1.5|m|ft}} in depth. More than {{convert|1075|kg|lb}} of waste were collected and transported in backpacks down to the valley.{{cite journal

| last1=Pop|first1= Andreea Ioana

| first2=Radu| last2=Mihăiescu

| first3=Alexandru|last3= Ozunu

| first4=Tania |last4=Mihăiescu

| first5= Marius-George |last5=Oprea

| first6=Ioana-Violeta| last6= Ardelean

| first7 = Ionuţ| last7 = Lehaci

| title=The impact of tourism in mountain lakes ecosystems. Case study: Lake Avrig, Făgăraș Mountains

|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309908050| journal=ProEnvironment

|volume= 4 |year=2011|pages= 319–323

| access-date=January 1, 2020}}