Lake Butrint
Butrint Lagoon is a salt lagoon south of Saranda, Albania, located in direct proximity of the Ionian Sea. It is surrounded by dense forested hills, rocky coast and complemented by saltwater and freshwater marshlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Salt lake
- Description: lake in Albania
- Also known as: “Butrint Lagoon”, “Butrinto Lake”, “Knetë e Butrintit”, “Largo Butrinto”, “Ligen i Vatrintes”, “Limnē Vouthroton”, “Liqen Butrintit”, “Liqen i Butrinit”, “Liqen i Vivari”, and “Liqen i Vutrintes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Butrint National Park and St George’s Monastery.
Butrint National Park
Nature reserve
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Butrint National Park is a national park in Vlorë County, southern Albania. It is located 18 kilometres south of Sarandë. The park encompasses 9,424 hectares of hilly terrain with freshwater lakes, wetlands, salt marshes, open plains, reed beds and islands. Butrint National Park is situated 3 km south of Lake Butrint.
St George’s Monastery
Church
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. George's Monastery is an ancient Orthodox monastery in Demë, near Sarandë, Sarandë. It is a Cultural Monument of Albania. St George’s Monastery is situated 3½ km northwest of Lake Butrint.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pllakë and Vrinë.
Pllakë
Village
Pllakë is a village in Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Finiq. Pllakë is situated 5 km northeast of Lake Butrint.
Vrinë
Village
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Vrinë is a village in the former Xarrë municipality, Vlorë County in Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Konispol. Vrinë is situated 6 km south of Lake Butrint.
Lefter Talo
Village
Lefter Talo is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq. Lefter Talo is situated 6 km east of Lake Butrint.
Lake Butrint
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Vlorë County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Butrint from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Lake Butrint” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni i Butrintit”
- Cebuano: “Liqeni i Butrintit”
- Chinese: “布特林特湖”
- Czech: “Butrintské jezero”
- Danish: “Butrintsøen”
- French: “lac de Butrint”
- French: “Lac de Butrint”
- Georgian: “ბუტრინტის ტბა”
- German: “Butrint-See”
- German: “Butrintsee”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Βουθρωτού”
- Indonesian: “Danau Butrint”
- Italian: “Lago di Butrinto”
- Japanese: “ブトリント湖”
- Russian: “Бутринти”
- Slovenian: “Butrintsko jezero”
- Slovenian: “jezero Butrint”
- Slovenian: “Liqeni i Butrintit”
- Spanish: “Lago Butrinto”
- Swedish: “Butrintisjön”
- Swedish: “Liqeni i Butrintit”
- Turkish: “Butrint Lagünü”
- Ukrainian: “Бутринті”
- Welsh: “Llyn Butrint”
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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 Butrint”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.