Great Bitter Lake
The Great Bitter Lake is a large saltwater lake in Egypt which is part of the Suez Canal. Before the canal was built in 1869, the Great Bitter Lake was a dry salt valley or basin.
NASA, Public domain.- Body of water
- Description: salt water lake that is part of the Suez Canal in Egypt
- Also known as“Al Buḩayrah al Murrah al KubrᔓAl Buhayrat al Murrah al Kubra”“Al Buḩayrat al Murrat al Şaghrī, Al Buhayrat al Murrat al Saghri”“Buheirat Murrat-el-Kubra”“El ‘Ambag”“El-Buḥeira el-Murra el-Kabîra”“Small Bitter Lake”
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Latitude
30.22944° or 30° 13′ 46″ north
Longitude
32.54278° or 32° 32′ 34″ east
Open location code
8G2J6GHV+Q4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Great Bitter Lake” goes by many names.
Groot BittermeerAfrikaans
البحيرات المرةArabic
البحيرة المرة الصغيرةArabic
البحيرة المرة الكبرىArabic
Böyük Acı GölAzerbaijani
Aintzira Mikatz HandiaBasque
Голямо горчиво езероBulgarian
ဘစ်တာကန်ကြီးBurmese
Gran Llac AmargCatalan
Great Bitter LakeCebuano
大苦湖Chinese
Мăн ЙӳçĕChuvash
Veliko gorko jezeroCroatian
Velké Hořké jezeroCzech
Store BittersøDanish
Grote BittermeerDutch
البحيرات المرهEgyptian Arabic
Granda Amara LagoEsperanto
Suur MõrujärvEstonian
Iso KatkerajärviFinnish
Iso KatkerojärviFinnish
Babban Tafkin Mai BitterHausa
האגם המר הגדולHebrew
האגמים המריםHebrew
Nagy-Keserű-tóHungarian
Danau Pahit BesarIndonesian
Grande Lago AmaroItalian
グレートビター湖Japanese
スモールビター湖Japanese
그레이트비터호Korean
Magnus Lacus AmarusLatin
Store BittersjøNorwegian Bokmål
دریاچه تلخ بزرگPersian
Wielkie Jezioro GorzkiePolish
Большое Горькое озероRussian
Lagu Marigosu MannuSardinian
Gorka jezeraSerbo-Croatian
Veľké horké jazeroSlovak
Veľké Horúce jazeroSlovak
Veliko Grenko jezeroSlovenian
BittersjöarnaSwedish
Büyük Acı GölTurkish
Велике Гірке озероUkrainian
laghi amariVenetian
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