The Most Famous Tarns

A tarn is a lake formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier and is located at the top of a mountain. The most famous tarns are Upper Thornton Lake in North Cascades National Park and Andrews Tarn at the base of Andrews Glacier in Rocky Mountain National Park in the USA. Štrbské pleso is the most famous tarn in Slovakia and Veľké Hincovo pleso tarn, the deepest tarn in Slovakia, both located in High Tatras mountain.