Lake Afdera
Lake Afrera is a hypersaline lake in northern Ethiopia. Located in Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region, it is one of the lakes of the Danakil Depression. It has a surface of 117 km2 and holds 2.4 km3 of brine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Āfrēra YeCh’ew Hāyk’”, “Egoghi Bad”, “Egogi”, “Egogi Bad”, “Gaulietti”, “Lago Guilietti”, and “Lake Afrera”
Lake Afdera
- Category: body of water
- Location: Afar Region, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Afdera” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة أفيرا”
- Burmese: “အဖရီရာကန်”
- Catalan: “Llac Afrera”
- Cebuano: “Lake Afrera”
- Chinese: “阿夫勒拉湖”
- Dutch: “Afrerameer”
- Dutch: “Lake Afrera”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره افريرا”
- French: “lac Afdera”
- French: “lac Afrera”
- French: “Lac Afrera”
- Georgian: “აფრერას ტბა”
- German: “Afrerasee”
- German: “Giulietti-See”
- Italian: “Afrerà”
- Italian: “lago Afrera”
- Italian: “Lago Giulietti”
- Japanese: “アフレラ湖”
- Macedonian: “Афрера (езеро)”
- Macedonian: “Афрера”
- Polish: “Afrera Je-czeu Hajk”
- Portuguese: “Lago Afrera”
- Russian: “Афрера”
- Spanish: “Afrera”
- Spanish: “Giulietti”
- Spanish: “Lago Afrera”
- Spanish: “Lago Giulietti”
- Swedish: “Lake Afrera”
- Ukrainian: “Афрера (озеро)”
- Ukrainian: “Афрера”
- Venetian: “lago Afrera”
- Welsh: “Llyn Afrera”
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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 Afdera”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.