Zlate Piesky

General data
- Water type: Artificial lake
- Progression: Danube -> Black sea -> Mediterranean Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Continental
- Continents: Europe
- Countries: Slovakia
Description
Zlaté Piesky (literally Golden Sands) is a lake and a summer resort in northeastern Bratislava, Slovakia, near the D1 motorway. The northern part of the area features a recreational facility known as the Zlaté Piesky area of health, operated by the municipal organization STARZ. The lake was created back in the 50s, as a surface gravel mining pit, filled with groundwater. Its water surface area has an irregular shape (1,0 km long, 340-900 meters wide), with its water column reaching 11 metres.