Border zone. Since 2023, access to the northern part of the lake district requires a permit from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Shatsk Lakesreference guide · svityaz.lutsk.ua
An old wooden boat on the overgrown surface of Lake Herasymove
51.5517, 23.8251

karst lake

Lake Herasymove

Герасимове

2 m
Maximum depth
1 m
Average depth
0.03 km²
Surface area
0.03 million m³
Water volume

Verified dataset

Key facts

Herasymove is a rounded karst lake of just 3 ha, east of the village of Ostrivia. The official water-management profile preserves its basic morphometry, but no open lake-specific fish list or modern hydrochemical measurements have been published.

Status: Shatsk group of lakes; the open water-authority profile does not specify a separate protected status

Area
0.03 km²
Maximum depth
2 m
Average depth
1 m
Shoreline
0.7 km

What to know

Lake in detail

  • The official profile describes a rounded karst basin about 0.2 km across in both length and width.
  • The lake lies east of the village of Ostrivia and belongs to the Shatsk group.
  • Scientific reviews place Herasymove among the very small water bodies that have shoaled, silted up and become overgrown.
  • No open lake-by-lake data on fish composition, hydrochemistry or the present state of the biota was found; the absence of a list does not mean the absence of fish.

State and recreation

The lake today

Ecological pressures

Shoaling, siltation and overgrowth

A shrinking open water surface and accumulating organic bottom sediment worsen water exchange and reduce the available aquatic habitats.

a very small water body of about 3 ha; classed as functionally degraded in the scientific review

Rank in the group

#27by area · of 30
#21by depth · of 27
Area against Svitiaz, the largest lake0.03 of 26.2 km²

Each measure counts only the lakes that report it.

Geography and access

Places nearby

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village

Ostrivia

Ostrivia is a village beside Lake Ostrivianske and the Luky–Peremut lake network. It provides access to a quieter north-western part of the lake district away from the main resort flows.

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Language note

Editorial scope

This English profile carries the full narrative, chronology and local traditions. Source titles stay in their original language, and the Ukrainian page remains the reference version.

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Sources

Source titles are retained in their original language.

Photo: Шацький національний природний паркUsed with permissioncropped