At 32-hectares, Lake Palatinus sits 40 km from Budapest, on the border of the Danube-Ipoly National Park. It is the biggest man-made lake of the Dorog Basin, in

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. Created at the site of a former quarry active in the 1950s whose aggregate sand was extracted for use in the mining industry. At its deepest point, the lake stands at 12 meters.

References

A website about Lake Palatinus
(Hungarian)

(Hungarian) Palatinus Esztergom Geography of Komárom-Esztergom County {{Komarom-geo-stub