Lake Hayq
Lake Hayq is a freshwater lake of Ethiopia. It is located north of Dessie, in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region. The town of Hayq is to the west of the lake.- Lake
- …lies at an elevation of 1,909 metres (6,263 feet)
- Description: lake in north-central Ethiopia
- Also known as“Hāyek’”“Hāyeq”“Hayk”“Hayk‘ Hayk’”“Lago Haich”“Lake Haik”“Lake Haiq”“Lake Hayk”“Lake Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Istifanos Monastery.
Istifanos Monastery
Church
Istifanos Monastery is a monastery in Ethiopia, located in Lake Hayq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hayq.
Lake Hayq
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
11.347° or 11° 20′ 49″ north
Longitude
39.71246° or 39° 42′ 45″ east
Open location code
7G3X8PW6+RX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Hayq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة حايك”
- Arabic: “بحيرة هايك”
- Armenian: “Հայկ լիճ”
- Burmese: “ဟိုက်ကန်”
- Cebuano: “Hāyk‘ Hāyk’”
- Cebuano: “Hāyk’ Hāyk’”
- Chinese: “海格湖”
- Croatian: “Haik”
- Croatian: “Jezero Haik”
- Dutch: “Hajkmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره هايك”
- French: “lac Haïk”
- French: “Lac Haïk”
- German: “Hayksee”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Hayq”
- Hebrew: “אגם האיק”
- Italian: “Lago Haic”
- Italian: “Lago Haiq”
- Japanese: “ハイク湖”
- Polish: “Hajk”
- Russian: “Хайк”
- Somali: “Harada Hayq”
- Spanish: “Lago Hayq”
- Swedish: “Hāyk‘ Hāyk’”
- Swedish: “Hāyk’ Hāyk’”
- Ukrainian: “Гайк”
- Welsh: “Llyn Hayq”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hayk Istafanos Monastery and Margabeta Giyorgis Nunnery.
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