Lake Sevan
Lake Sevan is the largest body of water in Armenia and the broader Caucasus region. It is one of the largest freshwater alpine lakes in Eurasia. The lake is situated in Gegharkunik Province, at an altitude of 1,900 m above sea level.
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- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 1,900 metres (6,234 feet)
- Description: lake in Armenia
- Also known as“Darya-Shirin”“Gokcha”“Gokchai”“Goktcha”“Goyçə Gölü”“Goycha”“Kegharkunik”“Lake Goycha”“Ozero Sevai”“Ozero Sevan”“Sevan”“Sevana Lich”“Sevang”“Sevanga”“Sevangha”“Ssewan-See”
- Historically known as“Geghama Sea”“Gegharkunik Sea”“Lychnitis”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
40.3886° or 40° 23′ 19″ north
Longitude
45.32975° or 45° 19′ 47″ east
Open location code
8HG798QH+CV
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Lake Sevan” goes by many names.
SewanmeerAfrikaans
ΛυχνῖτιςAncient Greek (to 1453)
بحيرة سيفانArabic
سيفانا ليتشArabic
Գեղամա լիճArmenian
Գեղամա ծովArmenian
Գեղարքունյաց ծովArmenian
Լիկնիտիս (historical)Armenian
Սևանա լիճArmenian
СеванAvaric
Göyçə gölüAzerbaijani
Sevan gölüAzerbaijani
СеванBashkir
Sevan aintziraBasque
СеванBelarusian
СэванBelarusian
СеванBulgarian
GelamaiCatalan
GokchaCatalan
GoktschaCatalan
Llac GelamaiCatalan
Llac GokchaCatalan
Llac GoktschaCatalan
Llac SevanCatalan
SevanCatalan
Lake SevanCebuano
دەریاچەی سێڤانCentral Kurdish
塞凡湖Chinese
СеванChuvash
SevanCroatian
SevanCzech
Sevan søenDanish
GoktsjameerDutch
SevanmeerDutch
СеванEastern Mari
بحيره سيفانEgyptian Arabic
GeghamEsperanto
Lago SevanEsperanto
Maro GeghamEsperanto
SevanEsperanto
Sevan-lagoEsperanto
Sevani järvEstonian
SevanFinnish
სევანიGeorgian
სევანის ტბაGeorgian
Λίμνη ΣεβάνGreek
Tafkin SevanHausa
ימת סוואןHebrew
Szeván-tóHungarian
Danau SevanIndonesian
Lago SevanInterlingue
Loch SevanIrish
Lago SevanItalian
セヴァン湖Japanese
セバン湖Japanese
СеванKazakh
세반호Korean
LychnitisLatin
SevansLatvian
СеванLezghian
SevanasLithuanian
Sevano ežerasLithuanian
СеванMacedonian
ലേക്ക് സെവൻMalayalam
സെവാൻ തടാകംMalayalam
سوان دریاچهMazanderani
სევანიშ ტობაMingrelian
Севан нуурMongolian
SevansjøenNorwegian
GeghamhavetNorwegian Bokmål
GeghamsjøenNorwegian Bokmål
GoychaNorwegian Bokmål
GoychasjøenNorwegian Bokmål
SevanNorwegian Bokmål
SevansjøenNorwegian Bokmål
GeghamsjøenNorwegian Nynorsk
SevansjøenNorwegian Nynorsk
СеванOssetian
دریاچهٔ سوانPersian
دریاچهٔ گوگچهPersian
GoczaPolish
Jezioro GojczaPolish
Jezioro SewanPolish
SewanPolish
Lacul SevanRomanian
Гегамское мореRussian
ГокчаRussian
ГочаRussian
Озеро СеванRussian
СеванRussian
SevanSerbian
Језеро СеванSerbian
СеванSerbian
Սևանա լիճSerbian
Jezero SevanSerbo-Croatian
SevanSerbo-Croatian
SevanSlovak
GokčaSlovenian
Gokčajsko jezeroSlovenian
SevanSlovenian
Sevansko jezeroSlovenian
SevansjönSwedish
СеванTatar
ทะเลสาบเซวานThai
Gökçe GölüTurkish
Sevan GölüTurkish
Озеро СеванUkrainian
СеванUkrainian
SewanUpper Sorbian
SevanUzbek
lago SevanVenetian
Hồ SevanVietnamese
Lak di SevanVolapük
Lak: SevanVolapük
SevanVolapük
Danaw SevanWaray (Philippines)
Lake SevanWaray (Philippines)
Llyn SevanWelsh
Գեղամայ ծովակWestern Armenian
Սեւանայ լիճWestern Armenian
SevanmarWestern Frisian
塞凡湖Wu Chinese
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