Lake Prespa Monument of Nature

Lake Prespa stretches in its cross-border basin and belongs administratively to the municipality of Resen. It is a protected area in the fourth category Monument of Nature.

The proclamation covers the part of the lake that belongs to the Republic North Macedonia due to its natural beauties, geomorphological, hydrological, hydrobiological and other scientific values. The first protection of Lake Prespa was provided by the 1977 Law on the Protection of Lakes Dojran, Ohrid and Prespa. The management of Lake Prespa is the responsibility of the Municipality of Resen, and the management is carried out by the Department of Environment of the Municipality.

The area of ​​Lake Prespa MN to the north borders with the Nature Park Ezerani which in the category of nature park was declared in 2012 (category IV according to IUCN) with an area of ​​1917 hectares. Previously, the area was declared Ezerani Ornithological Site – strict Ezerani Nature Reserve (Category 1a according to IUCN) in 1996 (Official Gazette of RM no. 37/96). On the west side, the area borders with the National Park Galicica (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia no. 31/58). The island of Golem Grad in Lake Prespa belongs to the Galicica National Park. In a cross-border context, the area borders the Prespa National Park in Albania to the west and the Prespa National Park in Greece to the south, which belongs to the Natura 2000 network (GR 134000).

Lake Prespa as a water border starts from the border between the Republic North Macedonia, Greece and the Republic of Albania southwest of the island Golem Grad from where it extends east in a parallel direction along the border with Greece and erupts on the southwestern slopes of Pelister at Markova Noga . From here, the border has a meridian direction and runs along the shores of Lake Prespa to the village of Asamati, covering the reed belt. From the village of Asamati the border leads through the waters of Lake Prespa – the isoba of 10 m and erupts on the shores of Lake Prespa at an elevation of 851.2 m, south of the locality Miovica. From there, the border continues to lead again along the shores of Lake Prespa to the resort of Otesevo. From here the border leads in a southwesterly direction along the shores of Lake Prespa to the resort of Customs from where it turns southeast, passes along the coast of Stenje, then runs along the shoreline on the northern slopes of Prechna Mountain to the village of Konjsko from where it continues to direction up to the elevation of 866 m at the border pillar Ø20 on the southeastern slopes of Prechna. From here, the border moves south by water along the border line with the Republic of Albania and ends at the starting point of the border between Macedonia, Greece and Albania.