Tihanyi-félsziget
In the Tihanyi-félsziget, once jutting in as Balaton’s northern “great peninsula,” the lake’s geography became its own kind of history lesson. This landform extended from Aszófő, reaching into the water on Balaton’s north shore, and it was administered entirely as part of Tihany. Measuring about 5 km long, it reached a maximum width of 3.5 km, while its average width was only 2 km—a marshy land link that rose merely 6 meters above the lake level. Its perimeter was girded by steep ridges, with the highest peaks rising 120–130 meters above Balaton: Csúcshegy (235 m), Óvár (214 m), and Hármashegy (212 m). Those hills enclosed a valley structure split into two basins: the Belső-tó (131 m) near Tihany and the marshy Külső-tó (116 m). …
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