Lake Volvi
Lake Volvi is located at the root of the Chalkidiki peninsula, in the Thessaloniki regional unit of Greece. It is the second largest lake in the country at 12 miles length and 6 or 8 miles width.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Bolbe (name in antiquity)”, “Límni Besikíon”, “Limni Volvi”, and “Volvi”
- Historically known as: “Μπεσίκ-γκιολ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Megali Volvi and Apollonía.
Megali Volvi
Village
Megali Volvi is a village of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Rentina. The 2021 census recorded 101 inhabitants in the village. Megali Volvi is a part of the community of Volvi. Megali Volvi is situated 4 km northwest of Lake Volvi.
Apollonía
Village
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Apollonia is a village and a community of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Madytos, of which it was a municipal district. Apollonía is situated 5 km south of Lake Volvi.
Loutrá Vólvis
Hamlet
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Loutra Volvis is a village of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Apollonia. The 2021 census recorded 70 inhabitants in the village. Loutra Volvis is a part of the community of Nea Apollonia. Loutrá Vólvis is situated 6 km southwest of Lake Volvi.
Lake Volvi
- Category: body of water
- Location: Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Lake Volvi” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Volvi”
- Bulgarian: “Бешичко езеро”
- Cebuano: “Límni Vólvi”
- Chinese: “沃爾維湖”
- Chuvash: “Волви”
- Croatian: “Volvi”
- Czech: “Volvi”
- Dutch: “Lake Volvi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ڤولڤى”
- Finnish: “Vólvi”
- French: “lac Bolbé”
- French: “lac Vólvi”
- French: “Lac Vólvi”
- Georgian: “ვოლვი”
- German: “Volvi-See”
- Greek: “Βόλβη”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Βόλβη”
- Indonesian: “Danau Volvi”
- Italian: “Volvi”
- Latvian: “Volves ezers”
- Macedonian: “Бешичко Езеро”
- Malayalam: “വോൾവി തടാകം”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vólvisjøen”
- Polish: “Wolwi”
- Russian: “Волви”
- Serbian: “Волви”
- Spanish: “Bolbe”
- Swedish: “Límni Vólvi”
- Turkish: “Beşik Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Волві”
- Venetian: “Volvi”
- Vietnamese: “Lake Volvi”
- Welsh: “Llyn Volvi”
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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 Volvi”. Photo: Eftychia Zerde, CC BY-SA 2.0.