In the middle of the mountain range of the mountain chain
Gailtaler Alpen. Only a few km in the south-east of the
Weißensee you can find the Farchtensee in about 985m above sea-
level in a parallel valley of the Stockenboier Graben. In the
south the basin of the lake is bordered by the Graslitzen, a
2.044 m high summit of the mountain chain Gailtaler Alpen. In
the north it is limited by the mountain ridge of the Zlan Nock.
The lake is situated in the central part of the mountain chain
Gailtaler Alpen, which are formed by lime, dolomite and marl
stones out of the Triassic. It is settled in young Quaternary
sedimentation. The shore zone has – with a few exceptions –
natural vegetation. In the south forests reach the shore, the
north is chiefly formed by wet meadows. In the west and east of
the lake you can find earthy lime wet moors, with dense stocks
of sedge and little amounts of reed and buck beans. Next to the
banks there is a small belt of yellow water lilies. Hardly
populated surroundings. Except of a few