Middle East
Cyprus
Larnaca district

Larnaca Salt Lake

Larnaca Salt Lake is a complex network of four salt lakes of different sizes to the west of the city of . The largest is lake Aliki, followed by lake Orphani, lake Soros and lake Spiro.
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Lake (intermittent)
  • Description: lake in Cyprus
  • Also known as: “Alikí”, “Alyki”, “Larnaca Salt lake”, “Salt Lake”, and “Tuz Gölü”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hala Sultan Tekke and Larnaca International Airport.

Monastery
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a and takya on the west bank of Larnaca Salt Lake, in , Cyprus. Umm Haram, known as Hala Sultan in Turkish tradition, was the wife of Ubada bin al-Samit, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and foster sister of Muhammad's mother, Amina.

Aerodrome
Photo: Phpeter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
– Glafcos Clerides is an located 4 km southwest of , . is Cyprus' main international airport and the larger of the two commercial airports in the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus and one of the busiest airports in the Middle East.

Museum
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a castle located on the southern coast of . It was constructed to defend the southern coast of Cyprus and the harbour town of and was later used as an artillery station, prison, and a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skala and Larnaca.

Suburb
or Scala is neighbourhood or quarter of , and is also commonly used to refer to Larnaca itself.

Photo: Armigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city on the southern coast of . With 85,000 residents in 2015, metropolitan is the island's third largest city.

Town
is a village in the of Cyprus. In 2011, it had a population of 5,064. It is known for being the actual location of , the island's main airport.

Larnaca Salt Lake

Latitude
34.89485° or 34° 53′ 42″ north
Longitude
33.61593° or 33° 36′ 57″ east
Elevation
-6 metres (-20 feet)
Open location code
8G6MVJV8+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 149623808
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Geo­Names ID
146097
Wiki­data ID
Q2915622
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Larnaca Salt Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة لارنكا المالحة”
  • Armenian: “Լառնակայի աղի լիճ”
  • Armenian: “Լարնակայի աղի լիճ”
  • Basque: “Larnakako aintzira gazia”
  • Cebuano: “Alykí”
  • Czech: “Larnacké slané jezero”
  • Dutch: “Zoutmeer van Larnaca”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لارناكا سالت”
  • Finnish: “Lárnakan suolajärvi”
  • French: “Lac salé de Larnaca”
  • German: “Larnaka-Salzsee”
  • German: “Salzsee von Larnaka”
  • Greek: “Alykí”
  • Greek: “Αλυκή Λάρνακας”
  • Greek: “Αλυκή”
  • Hebrew: “אגמי המלח של לרנקה”
  • Hungarian: “Larnaka sóstó”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Garam Larnaca”
  • Italian: “Lago salato di Larnaca”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾರ್ನಾಕಾ ಉಪ್ಪಿನ ಸರೋವರ”
  • Malayalam: “ലാർനാക്ക ഉപ്പ് തടാകം”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Larnacasjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lárnakasjøen”
  • Persian: “دریاچه نمک لارناکا”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Słone w Larnace”
  • Portuguese: “Lago salgado de Lárnaca”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Salgado de Lárnaca”
  • Russian: “Ларнака”
  • Russian: “Ларнакское солёное озеро”
  • Russian: “Ларнакское соляное озеро”
  • Serbian: “Слано језеро Ларнака”
  • Slovenian: “Larnaško slano jezero”
  • Spanish: “Lago salado de Larnaca”
  • Spanish: “Lago salado de Lárnaca”
  • Swedish: “Larnacasjön”
  • Tulu: “ಲಾರ್ನಾಕಾ ಉಪ್ಪುದ ಕೆರೆ”
  • Turkish: “Larnaka Tuz Gölü”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Archiepiskopos Makarios III and Agios Nikolaos.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque and Salt Lake Viewpoint.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Larnaca Salt Lake”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.