Lake Ihotry
Lake Ihotry is the second largest lake of Madagascar. It is a closed saline lake in semi-arid southwestern part of Madagascar in the region of Atsimo-Andrefana. Its area varies seasonally, from 96 km2 to 112 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake
- Also known as: “Ihotry”, “Lac d’ Iotry”, and “Lac Heotri”
Lake Ihotry
- Categories: endorheic lake, salt lake, and body of water
- Location: Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-21.95475° or 21° 57′ 17″ southLongitude
43.69107° or 43° 41′ 28″ eastElevation
50 metres (164 feet)Open location code
5HC52MWR+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 75250501OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
1064267Wikidata ID
Q1249710
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Welsh—“Lake Ihotry” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “အီဟိုထရီကန်”
- Cebuano: “Farihy Ihotry”
- Chinese: “伊胡特里湖”
- Chuvash: “Ихутри”
- Croatian: “Ihotry”
- Dutch: “Ihotrymeer”
- French: “lac Ihotry”
- French: “Lac Ihotry”
- Georgian: “იჰოტრი”
- German: “Lac Ihotry”
- Lithuanian: “Ihotrio ežeras”
- Lithuanian: “Ihotru”
- Malagasy: “Farihin‘ Ihotry”
- Malagasy: “Farihin’ Ihotry”
- Persian: “دریاچه ایهوتری”
- Romanian: “Lacul Ihotry”
- Russian: “Ихотри”
- Russian: “Ихутри”
- Spanish: “Lago Ihotry”
- Welsh: “Llyn Ihotry”
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