Lake of Ledinci
| Lake Ledinci | |
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| Location | Syrmia, Vojvodina |
| Coordinates | 45°9′55″N 19°48′14″E / 45.16528°N 19.80389°ECoordinates: 45°9′55″N 19°48′14″E / 45.16528°N 19.80389°E |
| Type | artificial lake |
| Primary outflows | none |
| Basin countries | Serbia |
| Max. length | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Max. width | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Surface area | 4 ha (10 acres) |
| Average depth | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Max. depth | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Settlements | Stari Ledenci |
Lake Ledinci (Serbian Latin: Ledinačko jezero; Serbian Cyrillic: Лединачко језеро) was a small artificial lake on the mountain of Fruška Gora, near Novi Sad, in the Srem region of the Vojvodina province of Serbia.
The lake was created during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, when pumps in the abandoned trachyte quarry of Srebro were damaged and stopped pumping the water out of the quarry. The subterranean waters, so as the waters from two creeks, Lukin Svetac and Srebrni potok began filling the quarry.
The lake covers an area of 4 hectares and it is surrounded by steep cliffs from most sides, with a slope on the rest, allowing the swimmers to enter. It is bean-shaped, with length of about 400 metres and greatest width of about 100 m. The average depth is 15 m, and the biggest already reached 50 m. It lies on altitude of 300 m. The water is characteristically green and clear, due to constant influx from feeding springs, and chilly even in hot summer days.
As the lake has no outflow, the water level continuously rose and represented a threat for the village of Stari Ledinci.
In late 1990s and early 2000s, exploitation rights on the lake were under a multilateral dispute by the local community, City of Novi Sad, the mining company "Alas" registered in Rakovac, which owned the quarry exploitation rights, and the public company guiding the National park of Fruška gora. Due to frequent incoherent court and municipality decisions, the lake was at threat of disappearing at a moment, because the mining company required to be back in possession, and the lake was deemed unsafe due to possible water breakthrough. The rumours in 2006 that the rights for the continuing use of quarry were sold to a certain Austrian firm were repudiated by the National park of Fruška Gora management, saying that Assembly of Vojvodina already adopted a plan to keep the lake. Ultimatively, the disputes ended in favor of retaining the lake, which presents one of pearls of the National park, and making it a touristic resort.
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