[1][2] They are located in the Pirin National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The group consists of nine lakes, seven permanent and two drying, in the narrow salient Kremenski cirque.

Two of the lakes are the second and the fourth largest by area, as well as third and fifth by depth in the mountain range.

[7] The Icy Lake is the uppermost at an altitude of 2,359 m. It is small round-shaped with length of 120 m, width of 110 m and area of 10,000 m2.

The lakes are most easily reached from the valley of the river Retizhe and the summit of Dzhano.