Lake St. Lucia
Lake St Lucia is an estuarine lake system in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the largest estuarine lake in Africa and in Southern Africa, covering an area of approximately 325–350 km2 and accounting for roughly 80% of KwaZulu-Natal's total estuarine area.- Lake
- …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
- Description: lake in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as“Saint Lucia Bay”“Saint Lucia Lake”
Lake St. Lucia
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Latitude
-28° or 28° south
Longitude
32.5° or 32° 30′ east
Open location code
5G4J2G22+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Lake St. Lucia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “St. Luciameer”
- Catalan: “Llac de Santa Llúcia”
- Cebuano: “Saint Lucia Bay”
- Czech: “Jezero svaté Lucie”
- French: “lac Sainte-Lucie”
- French: “Lac Sainte-Lucie”
- Georgian: “სენტ-ლუსიის ტბა”
- German: “Lake Saint Lucia”
- German: “Lake St. Lucia”
- German: “St.-Lucia-See”
- Hausa: “Tafkin St. Lucia”
- Japanese: “セント・ルシア湖”
- Latvian: “Sentlūsijas ezers”
- Spanish: “Lago Santa Lucia”
- Spanish: “Lago Santa Lucía”
- Turkish: “St. Lucia Gölü”
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