Lake Alaotra
Lake Alaotra is the largest lake in Madagascar, located in Alaotra-Mangoro Region and on the island's northern central plateau. Its basin is composed of shallow freshwater lakes and marshes surrounded by areas of dense vegetation.
NASA, Public domain.- Lake
- …lies at an elevation of 752 metres (2,467 feet)
- Description: lake in Madagascar
Lake Alaotra
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Latitude
-17.5° or 17° 30′ south
Longitude
48.5° or 48° 30′ east
Open location code
5HJCGG22+22
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Western Frisian—“Lake Alaotra” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Алаўтра”
- Breton: “Lenn Alaotra”
- Burmese: “အလအိုထရာကန်”
- Catalan: “Alaotra”
- Cebuano: “Farihy Alaotra”
- Chinese: “阿劳特拉湖”
- Chuvash: “Алаутра”
- Dutch: “Alaotrameer”
- Esperanto: “Lago Alaotra”
- Estonian: “Alaotra järv”
- Estonian: “Alaotra”
- Finnish: “Alaotrajärvi”
- French: “lac Alaotra”
- French: “Lac Alaotra”
- Georgian: “ალაოტრა”
- German: “Alaotra-See”
- German: “Lac Alaotra”
- German: “Lake Alaotra”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Αλαότρα”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Alaotra”
- Hebrew: “אגם אלאוטרה”
- Hungarian: “Alaotra-tó”
- Igbo: “Ọdọ Mmiri Alaotra”
- Indonesian: “Danau Alaotra”
- Italian: “Alaotra”
- Italian: “lago Alaotra”
- Italian: “Lago Alaotra”
- Japanese: “アラウチャ湖”
- Japanese: “アラオトラ湖”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Alautra”
- Korean: “알라오트라호”
- Lithuanian: “Alaotra”
- Malagasy: “Farihin‘ Alaotra”
- Malagasy: “Farihin’ Alaotra”
- Northern Frisian: “Alaotra-Sia”
- Persian: “دریاچه آلائوترا”
- Polish: “Alaotra”
- Portuguese: “Lago Alaotra”
- Romanian: “Lacul Alaotra”
- Russian: “Алаотра”
- Russian: “Алаутра”
- Serbian: “Алаотра”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alaotra”
- Slovenian: “Alaotra (jezero)”
- Slovenian: “Alaotra”
- Somali: “Harada Alaotra”
- Spanish: “Lago Alaotra”
- Swedish: “Alaotra”
- Turkish: “Alaotra Gölü”
- Venetian: “lago Alaotra”
- Welsh: “Llyn Alaotra”
- Western Frisian: “Alaotramar”
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