Lake Sevan

Lake Sevan is the largest body of water in and the broader region. It is one of the largest freshwater alpine lakes in Eurasia. The lake is situated in , at an altitude of 1,900 m above sea level.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Armenia
  • Also known as: “Darya-Shirin”, “Gegham”, “Geghamhavet”, “Geghamsjøen”, “Gelamai”, “Gocza”, “Gokča”, “Gokcajsko jezero”, “Gokčajsko jezero”, “Gökçe Gölü”, “Gokcha”, “Gokchai”, “Goktcha”, “Goktchai”, “Goktscha”, “Goktsjameer”, “Goyçə Gölü”, “Goycha”, “Goychasjøen”, “Jezioro Gojcza”, “Jezioro Sewan”, “Kegharkunik”, “lac de Gegham”, “lac Gegharkuni”, “Lak di Sevan”, “Lak Sevan”, “Lake Goycha”, “Llac Gelamai”, “Llac Gokcha”, “Llac Goktscha”, “Maro Gegham”, “Ozero Sevai”, “Ozero Sevan”, “Sevan gölü”, “Sevan søen”, “Sevan-lago”, “Sevana Lich”, “Sevang”, “Sevanga”, “Sevangha”, “Sevano ežeras”, “Sevansee”, “Ssewan-See”, “Гегамское море”, “Гокча”, “Гоча”, “Језеро Севан”, “Озеро Севан”, “სევანი”, “Գեղամա լիճ”, “دریاچهٔ سوان”, “دریاچه گوگچه”, “دریاچهٔ گوگچه”, “سيفانا ليتش”, and “セバン湖”
  • Historically known as: “Geghama Sea”, “Gegharkunik Sea”, and “Lychnitis”

Lake Sevan

Latitude
40.3886° or 40° 23′ 19″ north
Longitude
45.32975° or 45° 19′ 47″ east
Elevation
1,898 metres (6,227 feet)
Open location code
8HG798QH+CV
Geo­Names ID
616249
Wiki­data ID
Q181932
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Lake Sevan” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sewanmeer”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Λυχνῖτις”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة سيفان”
  • Armenian: “Գեղամա ծով”
  • Armenian: “Գեղարքունյաց ծով”
  • Armenian: “Լիկնիտիս” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Սևանա լիճ”
  • Avaric: “Севан”
  • Azerbaijani: “Göyçə gölü”
  • Bashkir: “Севан”
  • Basque: “Sevan aintzira”
  • Belarusian: “Севан”
  • Belarusian: “Сэван”
  • Bulgarian: “Севан”
  • Catalan: “llac Sevan”
  • Catalan: “Llac Sevan”
  • Cebuano: “Lake Sevan”
  • Central Kurdish: “دەریاچەی سێڤان”
  • Chinese: “塞凡湖”
  • Chuvash: “Севан”
  • Croatian: “Sevan”
  • Czech: “Sevan”
  • Danish: “Sevansøen”
  • Dutch: “Sevanmeer”
  • Eastern Mari: “Севан”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره سيفان”
  • Esperanto: “Sevan”
  • Estonian: “Sevani järv”
  • Finnish: “Sevan”
  • French: “lac Sevan”
  • French: “Lac Sevan”
  • French: “Lac Sévan”
  • Georgian: “სევანის ტბა”
  • German: “Sewansee”
  • Greek: “λίμνη Σεβάν”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Σεβάν”
  • Hausa: “Tafkin Sevan”
  • Hebrew: “ימת סוואן”
  • Hungarian: “Szeván-tó”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Sevan”
  • Interlingue: “Lago Sevan”
  • Irish: “Loch Sevan”
  • Italian: “lago Sevan”
  • Italian: “Lago Sevan”
  • Japanese: “セヴァン湖”
  • Kazakh: “Севан”
  • Korean: “세반호”
  • Latin: “Lychnitis”
  • Latvian: “Sevans”
  • Lezghian: “Севан”
  • Lithuanian: “Sevanas”
  • Macedonian: “Севан”
  • Malayalam: “ലേക്ക് സെവൻ”
  • Malayalam: “സെവാൻ തടാകം”
  • Mazanderani: “سوان دریاچه”
  • Mingrelian: “სევანიშ ტობა”
  • Mongolian: “Севан нуур”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sevansjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sevansjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Sevansjøen”
  • Ossetian: “Севан”
  • Persian: “دریاچه سوان”
  • Polish: “Sewan”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Sevã”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Sevan”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Sevan”
  • Russian: “Севан”
  • Serbian: “Sevan”
  • Serbian: “Севан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Sevan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sevan”
  • Slovak: “Sevan”
  • Slovenian: “Sevansko jezero”
  • Spanish: “Lago Sevan”
  • Spanish: “Lago Seván”
  • Swedish: “Sevansjön”
  • Tatar: “Севан”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบเซวาน”
  • Turkish: “Sevan Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Севан”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sewan”
  • Uzbek: “Sevan”
  • Venetian: “lago Sevan”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Sevan”
  • Volapük: “Lak: Sevan”
  • Volapük: “Sevan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Danaw Sevan”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Sevan”
  • Western Armenian: “Գեղամայ ծովակ”
  • Western Armenian: “Սեւանայ լիճ”
  • Western Armenian: “Սեւանայ Լիճ”
  • Western Frisian: “Sevanmar”
  • Wu Chinese: “塞凡湖”

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Places to explore: Altisaray and Sevani.

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Highlights: Arjak’ari and Khoradzor.

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