East Africa
Ethiopia
South Ethiopia Regional State

Lake Chamo

Lake Chamo is a in the of southern . Located in the Main Ethiopian Rift, it is at an elevation of 1,110 meters.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in southern Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Ch’amo Hayk‘”, “Chamo Hayk”, “Gangiule”, “Lake Chama”, “Lake Ruspoli”, and “Lake Shamo”

Lake Chamo

Latitude
5.83333° or 5° 50′ north
Longitude
37.55° or 37° 33′ east
Elevation
1,109 metres (3,638 feet)
Open location code
6GQVRHM2+82
Geo­Names ID
341085
Wiki­data ID
Q1060962
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Chamo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bhojpuri to Welsh—“Lake Chamo” goes by many names.
  • Bhojpuri: “चामो झील”
  • Burmese: “ချမိုကန်”
  • Cebuano: “Ch’amo Hāyk‘”
  • Cebuano: “Ch’amo Hāyk’”
  • Chinese: “查莫湖”
  • Croatian: “Čamo”
  • Croatian: “Jezero Čamo”
  • Danish: “Chamosøen”
  • Dutch: “Chamo Hayk”
  • Dutch: “Chamomeer”
  • Finnish: “Chamojärvi”
  • French: “lac Chamo”
  • French: “Lac Chamo”
  • Georgian: “ჩამოს ტბა”
  • German: “Chamosee”
  • German: “Tschamosee”
  • Italian: “Lago Chamo”
  • Italian: “Lago Ciamo”
  • Italian: “lago Ciamò”
  • Italian: “Lago Ciamò”
  • Italian: “Lago Ruspoli”
  • Japanese: “チャモ湖”
  • Lithuanian: “Čamas”
  • Polish: “Czamo”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Chamo”
  • Russian: “Чамо”
  • Slovenian: “Čamsko jezero”
  • Spanish: “Lago Chamo”
  • Swedish: “Ch’amo Hāyk‘”
  • Swedish: “Ch’amo Hāyk’”
  • Ukrainian: “Чамо (озеро)”
  • Ukrainian: “Чамо”
  • Venetian: “lago Ciamò”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Chamo”
  • “चामो झील”

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Lake Chamo”. Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.