Lake Abaya
Lake Abaya is a lake in the South Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. It is located in the Main Ethiopian Rift, east of the Guge Mountain. The town of Arba Minch lies on its southwestern shore, and the southern shores are part of the Nechisar National Park.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Southern Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Abaj”, “Abaja-Vedi”, “Abajos ežeras”, “Abaya Hayek”, “Abaya Hayk‘”, “Abaya-Vedi”, “Abayasé”, “Abba”, “Abbaayiya”, “Abbaia”, “Abbaja”, “Jezioro Abbaja”, “Lago Abaja”, “Lake Abbaya”, “Lake Margherita”, “Margarita”, “Margaritas ezers”, “Margaritos ežeras”, “Margerita”, “Margherita”, “Pagade”, “Абаја (језеро)”, and “Абаја језеро”
Lake Abaya
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.33333° or 6° 20′ north
Longitude
37.83333° or 37° 50′ east
Elevation
1,176 metres (3,858 feet)
Open location code
6GRV8RMM+88
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Wolaytta—“Lake Abaya” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “Abaya Hayk”
- Arabic: “بحيرة أبايا”
- Basque: “Abaya”
- Bhojpuri: “अबाया झील”
- Burmese: “အဘယာကန်”
- Catalan: “llac d’Abaya”
- Catalan: “Llac d’Abaya”
- Cebuano: “Ābaya Hāyk‘”
- Cebuano: “Ābaya Hāyk’”
- Chinese: “阿拜亞湖”
- Croatian: “Abaja”
- Croatian: “Jezero Abaja”
- Czech: “Abaya”
- Danish: “Abayasøen”
- Dutch: “Abayameer”
- French: “lac Abaya”
- French: “Lac Abaya”
- German: “Abajasee”
- Greek: “Αμπάγια”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Αμπάγια”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Abaya”
- Hebrew: “אגם אבאיה”
- Indonesian: “Danau Abaya”
- Italian: “lago Margherita”
- Italian: “Lago Margherita”
- Japanese: “アバヤ湖”
- Latvian: “Abajas ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Abaja”
- Macedonian: “Абаја (езеро)”
- Macedonian: “Абаја”
- Mongolian: “Абая нуур”
- Northern Frisian: “Abaja Sia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abayasjøen”
- Norwegian: “Abayasjøen”
- Polish: “Abbaja Hajk”
- Polish: “Jezioro Małgorzaty”
- Portuguese: “Lago Abaya”
- Russian: “Абая”
- Serbian: “Језеро Абаја”
- Slovak: “Abaja”
- Slovenian: “Abaja”
- Slovenian: “Jezero Abaja”
- Somali: “Harada Abaya”
- Spanish: “Lago Abaya”
- Swahili: “Ziwa Abaya”
- Swedish: “Ābaya Hāyk‘”
- Swedish: “Abayasjön”
- Ukrainian: “Абая”
- Venetian: “lago Margherita”
- Welsh: “Llyn Abaya”
- Wolaytta: “Abbaayaa Abbaa”
- “अबाया झील”
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Places to explore: Mi‘irab Ābaya and Ba’īso.
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