Lake Ioannina
Lake Pamvotida or Pamvotis, also known as the Lake of Ioannina, is the largest lake in Epirus, located in the central part of the Ioannina regional unit in northern Greece.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Epirus, Greece
- Also known as: “Lake of Ioannina”, “Lake Pamvotida”, “Limni Pamvotida”, “Pambotis”, “Pamvotida Lake”, “Pamvotis”, “Pamvótis”, and “Λίμνη Παμβώτιδα/Παμβώτις”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ioannina Island and Fethiye Mosque.
Ioannina Island
Islet
Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ioannina Island is an island in the Lake of Ioannina, Epirus, Greece, and a municipal unit of the municipality of Ioannina. It has a land area of 0.675 km2, with a maximum length of 800 meters and a maximum width of 500 meters.
Fethiye Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Cplakidas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fethiye Mosque is a former mosque in Ioannina, in the Epirus region of Greece. The first mosque structure was completed in 1430; yet the current structure predominantly dates from 1611, during the Ottoman era, and was extensively renovated in 1795.
Byzantine Museum
Museum
Photo: TasosPapan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Byzantine Museum of Ioannina is housed in one of the buildings of citadel of Ioannina, the capital of the Epirus region in northwestern Greece. The central section was built in the 1960s and originally functioned as a Royal Pavilion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ioannina and Ligkiades.
Ioannina
Photo: Philos2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ioannina is a beautiful city in Northern Greece whose old town is surrounded by tall defensive walls.
Ligkiades
Village
Lingiades is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The village is located on the southern part of the south western side of Mount Mitsikeli, above Lake Ioannina. Ligkiades is situated 3 km north of Lake Ioannina.
Anatoli
Town
Anatoli is a town and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit of Epirus, Greece. It is located within the urban area of Ioannina and since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Ioannina, of which it is a municipal unit. Anatoli is situated 3½ km southwest of Lake Ioannina.
Lake Ioannina
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ioannina, Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Ioannina from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Lake Ioannina” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni i Janinës”
- Albanian: “Ngjol i Janinës”
- Belarusian: “Яніна”
- Bulgarian: “Янинско езеро”
- Catalan: “Llac Pamvòtida”
- Catalan: “Pamvotida”
- Cebuano: “Límni Pamvótida”
- Chinese: “約阿尼納湖”
- Chuvash: “Янина”
- Croatian: “Janjinsko jezero”
- Croatian: “Jezero Pamvotida”
- Danish: “Pamvotida-søen”
- Dutch: “Meer van Ioannina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ايوانينا”
- Finnish: “Pamvótida”
- French: “lac de Ioannina”
- French: “lac Pamvotida”
- French: “lac Pamvótis”
- French: “Lac Pamvótis”
- German: “Pamvotida-See”
- Greek: “Límni Ioannínon”
- Greek: “Límni Pamvótida”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Ιωαννίνων”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Παμβώτιδα”
- Greek: “Λίμνη των Ιωαννίνων”
- Greek: “Παμβώτιδα”
- Greek: “Παμβώτις”
- Italian: “lago Pamvotida”
- Italian: “Lago Pamvotida”
- Japanese: “パンボティス湖”
- Japanese: “ヨアニナ湖”
- Macedonian: “Јанинско Езеро”
- Macedonian: “Памвотида”
- Northern Frisian: “Pamvotida Sia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pamvótidasjøen”
- Russian: “Янина”
- Serbian: “Јањинско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pamvotida”
- Slovenian: “Pamvotida”
- Spanish: “Pamvotida”
- Spanish: “Pamvótida”
- Swedish: “Límni Pamvótida”
- Ukrainian: “Яніна”
- Venetian: “lago Pamvotida”
- Welsh: “Llyn Ioannina”
- Western Armenian: “Իոանինայի (Փամվոթիտա) լիճ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nisos Ioanninon and Amfithea.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castle of Ioannina and Archaeological Site of Barkmadi.
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