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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-21.95475° or 21° 57′ 17″ south
Longitude
43.69107° or 43° 41′ 28″ east
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
5HC52MWR+3C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Ihotry from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Ihotry”
- Korean: “이호트리호”
- 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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