Lake Vistonida
Lake Vistonida is a lake in Western Thrace, Greece. Fed by the Kompsatos river, it encompasses a unique ecosystem and the local climate can be described as mid-Mediterranean.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Thrace, Greece
- Also known as: “Bouroú”, “Buru Geul”, “Límni Burú”, “Limni Vistonida”, “Límni Vistonís”, and “Vistonida Lake”
- Historically known as: “Boru Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Lagos and Nea Kessani.
Port Lagos
Village
Lagos is a settlement in the Xanthi regional unit of Greece. It is part of the community Nea Kessani. It is situated on the bar separating Lake Vistonida from the Aegean Sea. In 1991, the settlement contained 371 inhabitants. Port Lagos is situated 3½ km south of Lake Vistonida.
Nea Kessani
Village
Nea Kessani is a settlement in the Abdera municipal unit, Xanthi regional unit of Greece. Nea Kessani is one of the few remaining villages in Greece that still celebrates Gynekokratia every year. Nea Kessani is situated 3½ km west of Lake Vistonida.
Lake Vistonida
- Category: body of water
- Location: East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.0394° or 41° 2′ 22″ north
Longitude
25.11476° or 25° 6′ 53″ east
Elevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)
Open location code
8GH724Q7+QW
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Vistonida from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Vistonida” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة فيستونيدا”
- Bulgarian: “Буругьол”
- Catalan: “Bistonis”
- Cebuano: “Lake Vistonida”
- Cebuano: “Límni Vistonída”
- Chinese: “维斯托尼斯湖”
- Croatian: “Vistonida”
- Czech: “Vistonida”
- Danish: “Vistonida-søen”
- Dutch: “Lake Vistonida”
- Finnish: “Vistonída”
- French: “lac Bistonis”
- French: “lac Bouroú”
- French: “lac Vistonída”
- French: “Lac Vistonída”
- French: “lac Vistonís”
- German: “Vistonida-See”
- Greek: “Límni Vistonída”
- Greek: “Βιστωνίδα”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Βιστονίδα”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Βιστονίς”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Βιστωνίδα”
- Greek: “Μπουρού”
- Italian: “lago di Vistonida”
- Italian: “Lago di Vistonida”
- Japanese: “ヴィストニダ湖”
- Macedonian: “Буруѓол”
- Macedonian: “Вистонида”
- Russian: “Вистонида”
- Russian: “Вистонис”
- Slovak: “Vistonida”
- Spanish: “Lago Bistónide”
- Swedish: “Lake Vistonida”
- Swedish: “Límni Vistonída”
- Turkish: “Borugöl”
- Ukrainian: “Вістоніда”
- Venetian: “lago de Vistonida”
- Welsh: “Llyn Vistonida”
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Notable Places Nearby
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