Võrtsjärv
Võrtsjärv is a lake in southern Estonia with an area of 270 km². It is the second-largest lake in Estonia, and it is the largest lake entirely within Estonia. The shallow lake is 33.7 m above sea level. The Emajõgi River flows from Võrtsjärv to Lake Peipus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Estonia
- Also known as: “Lake Võrtsjärv”, “Ozero Virts-Yarv”, “Ozero Võrtsjärv”, “Virč Ežeras”, “Vircjervi”, “Virtsjärvi”, “Wirz-Järw”, and “Wörts-Järw”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soe.
Soe
Hamlet
Soe is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. Until the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian municipalities the village was located in Tarvastu Parish. Soe is situated 9 km southwest of Võrtsjärv.
Võrtsjärv
- Category: body of water
- Location: Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Võro—“Võrtsjärv” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni Võrtsjärv”
- Armenian: “Վիրտսյարվ”
- Azerbaijani: “Vırtsyavr gölü”
- Basque: “Võrts”
- Belarusian: “Возера Выртс’ярв”
- Belarusian: “Возера Выртсярв”
- Belarusian: “Выртс’ярв”
- Bulgarian: “Въртсярв”
- Catalan: “Võrtsjärv”
- Cebuano: “Võrtsjärv”
- Chinese: “沃尔茨湖”
- Chinese: “沃爾茨湖”
- Chuvash: “Выртсъярв”
- Croatian: “Võrtsjärv”
- Czech: “Virecké jezero”
- Czech: “Vörtsjärv”
- Czech: “Võrtsjärv”
- Danish: “Vortsjærv”
- Danish: “Võrtsjärv”
- Dutch: “Võrtsjärv”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ڤورتسچارڤ”
- Esperanto: “Vortsjarv”
- Esperanto: “Võrtsjärv”
- Estonian: “Virtsjärv”
- Estonian: “Võltsjärv”
- Estonian: “Võrtsjärv”
- Finnish: “Vörtsjärv”
- Finnish: “Võrtsjärv”
- Finnish: “Vörtsjärvi”
- Finnish: “Võrtsjärvi”
- French: “Lac Vortsjarv”
- French: “lac Võrtsjärv”
- French: “Lac Võrtsjärv”
- Galician: “Lago Võrtsjärv”
- Georgian: “ვირტსიარვი”
- German: “Vortsjärv”
- German: “Võrtsjärv”
- German: “Wirz-See”
- German: “Wirzsee”
- Greek: “Βίρτσγιαρβ”
- Greek: “Βόρτσγιαρβ”
- Hungarian: “Võrts-tó”
- Italian: “Lago di Võrts”
- Italian: “lago di Võrtsjärv”
- Italian: “Lago di Võrtsjärv”
- Italian: “Lago Võrts”
- Italian: “Võrts Järv”
- Italian: “Võrtsjärv”
- Japanese: “ヴォルツ湖”
- Japanese: “ヴルツ湖”
- Kirghiz: “Выртсъярв”
- Korean: “페르트스야르프 호”
- Korean: “페르트스야르프”
- Korean: “페르트스야르프호”
- Latvian: “Vertsjervs”
- Latvian: “Vircezers”
- Latvian: “Võrtsjärv”
- Lithuanian: “Vertsjervas”
- Lithuanian: “Virtsjarvas”
- Lithuanian: “Virtsjervas”
- Macedonian: “Виртс”
- Northern Frisian: “Võrtsjärv”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Võrtsjärv”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vortsjärv”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Võrtsjärv”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wirzsee”
- Norwegian: “Võrtsjärv”
- Persian: “دریاچه وورتسیارو”
- Polish: “Vortsjarv”
- Polish: “Võrtsjärv”
- Portuguese: “Lago Vortsjarv”
- Portuguese: “Lago Võrtsjärv”
- Portuguese: “Võrtsjärv”
- Russian: “Выртсъярв”
- Russian: “Выртсьярв”
- Scots: “Võrtsjärv”
- Serbian: “Jezero Virts”
- Serbian: “Võrtsjärv”
- Serbian: “Вирцјарв”
- Serbian: “Језеро Виртс”
- Serbian: “Језеро Виртсярв”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Võrtsjärv”
- Slovenian: “Võrtsjärv”
- Spanish: “Lago Vorts”
- Spanish: “Lago Võrts”
- Spanish: “Lago Vortsjarv”
- Spanish: “Lago Vortsjärv”
- Spanish: “Lago Võrtsjarv”
- Spanish: “Lago Võrtsjärv”
- Spanish: “Lago Wirzsee”
- Spanish: “Vorts”
- Spanish: “Võrts”
- Spanish: “Vortsjarv”
- Spanish: “Vortsjärv”
- Spanish: “Võrtsjarv”
- Spanish: “Võrtsjärv”
- Swedish: “Võrtsjärv”
- Thai: “Võrtsjärv”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบเวิตส์ยาร์ฟ”
- Thai: “เวิตส์ยาร์ฟ”
- Turkish: “Võrtsjärv Gölü”
- Turkish: “Vortsjarv”
- Turkish: “Võrtsjärv”
- Ukrainian: “Виртс’ярв”
- Ukrainian: “Виртсьярв”
- Ukrainian: “Виртсярв”
- Venetian: “lago de Võrtsjärv”
- Võro: “Võrtsjärv”
- “Võrtsjärv”
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