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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Southern Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Abaya Hayek”, “Abaya Hayk‘”, “Lago Abaya”, “Lago Margherita”, “Lake Abbaya”, “Lake Margherita”, “Margarita”, “Margerita”, and “Pagade”
Lake Abaya
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Welsh—“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”
- Danish: “Lake Abaya”
- Dutch: “Abaya Hayk”
- Dutch: “Abayameer”
- French: “lac Abaya”
- French: “Lac Abaya”
- German: “Abaja-Vedi”
- German: “Abajasee”
- German: “Abaya-Vedi”
- German: “Abayasé”
- Greek: “Αμπάγια”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Αμπάγια”
- Hebrew: “אגם אבאיה”
- Indonesian: “Danau Abaya”
- Italian: “Lago Abaja”
- Italian: “Lago Abaya”
- Italian: “lago Margherita”
- Italian: “Lago Margherita”
- Japanese: “アバヤ湖”
- Latvian: “Abajas ezers”
- Latvian: “Margaritas ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Abaja”
- Lithuanian: “Abajos ežeras”
- Lithuanian: “Margaritos ežeras”
- Macedonian: “Абаја (езеро)”
- Macedonian: “Абаја”
- Mongolian: “Абая нуур”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abayasjøen”
- Norwegian: “Abayasjøen”
- Polish: “Abbaja Hajk”
- Polish: “Abbaja”
- Polish: “Jezioro Abbaja”
- Polish: “Jezioro Małgorzaty”
- Portuguese: “Abaya”
- Portuguese: “Lago Abaya”
- Russian: “Abaj”
- Russian: “Abba”
- Russian: “Abbaia”
- Russian: “Margherita”
- Russian: “Абая”
- Serbian: “Abaya”
- Serbian: “Абаја (језеро)”
- Serbian: “Абаја језеро”
- Serbian: “Језеро Абаја”
- Slovak: “Abaja”
- Slovak: “Abaya Hayk”
- Slovenian: “Abaja”
- Slovenian: “Jezero Abaja”
- Spanish: “Lago Abaya”
- Swahili: “Ziwa Abaya”
- Swedish: “Ābaya Hāyk‘”
- Swedish: “Abayasjön”
- Ukrainian: “Абая”
- Venetian: “lago Margherita”
- Welsh: “Llyn Abaya”
- “अबाया झील”
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