Ab-i Istada

Ab-i Istada is an endorheic salt lake in the of in . It lies in a large depression created by the Chaman Fault system in the southern foothills of the , 125 km west of .
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  • Salt lake
  • …has a surface elevation of 1,968 metres (6,457 feet)
  • Description: lake of Afghanistan
  • Also known as
    “Ab-e Estada”
    “Āb-e Īstāda”
    “Ab-e Istadah-ye Muqur”
    “Āb-e Īstādeh”
    “Āb-e Īstādeh-ye Ghaznī”
    “Āb-e Īstādeh-ye Moqor”
    “Āb-i-Istāda Lake”
    “Ab-i-Istadah”
    “Abe Istāḏa-i-Ghazni”
    “Abe Istāḏa-i-Moquṟ”
    “Ghaznī”
    “Lake Istada”
    “Ozero Ab-Istadyi-Mukur”
    “آب استادۀ مقر”
    “غزنی”
  • Categories
    lake
    salt lake
    body of water
  • Location
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Latitude
32.48786° or 32° 29′ 16″ north
Longitude
67.92947° or 67° 55′ 46″ east
Open location code
8J49FWQH+4Q
Geo­Names ID
1139817
Wiki­data ID
Q2820119

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ab-i Istada” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آبي إستادا”
  • Catalan: “Ab i Istada”
  • Cebuano: “Āb-e Istādah-ye Muqur”
  • Finnish: “Ab-e Istada”
  • French: “Ab-e Istada”
  • Greek: “Αμπί Ιστάντα”
  • Italian: “Ab-i Istada”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਬ-ਈ ਇਸਤਾਦਾ”
  • Persian: “آب ایستاده”
  • Russian: “Аби-Истада”
  • Russian: “Аби-Истадайи-Газни”
  • Russian: “Озеро Аби-Истадайи-Газни”
  • Spanish: “Ab-i Istada”
  • Swedish: “Ab-e Istada”
  • Swedish: “Āb-e Istādah-ye Muqur”
  • Ukrainian: “Абі-Істада (озеро)”
  • Ukrainian: “Абі-Істада”

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