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.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 37 metres (121 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Μπεσίκ-γκιολ”
- Description: lake in Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as“Bolbe (name in antiquity)”“Límni Besikíon”“Limni Volvi”“Volvi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Megali Volvi and Apollonía.
Apollonía
Apollonia is a village and a community of the Volvi municipality.
5 km south of Lake Volvi
Loutrá Vólvis
Loutra Volvis is a village of the Volvi municipality.
6 km southwest of Lake Volvi
Lake Volvi
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
40.67951° or 40° 40′ 46″ north
Longitude
23.4695° or 23° 28′ 10″ east
Open location code
8GG5MFH9+RR
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Lake Volvi” goes by many names.
VolviAlbanian
Бешичко езероBulgarian
Límni VólviCebuano
沃爾維湖Chinese
ВолвиChuvash
VolviCroatian
VolviCzech
Lake VolviDutch
بحيره ڤولڤىEgyptian Arabic
VólviFinnish
ვოლვიGeorgian
ΒόλβηGreek
Λίμνη ΒόλβηGreek
Danau VolviIndonesian
VolviItalian
Volves ezersLatvian
Бешичко ЕзероMacedonian
വോൾവി തടാകംMalayalam
VólvisjøenNorwegian Nynorsk
WolwiPolish
ВолвиRussian
ВолвиSerbian
Límni VólviSwedish
Beşik GölüTurkish
ВолвіUkrainian
VolviVenetian
Lake VolviVietnamese
Llyn VolviWelsh
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