Ab-i Istada
Ab-i Istada is an endorheic salt lake in the Nawa District of Ghazni Province in Afghanistan. It lies in a large depression created by the Chaman Fault system in the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush, 125 km west of Ghazni.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Salt lake
- 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”, “Āb-i-Istāda Lake”, “Ab-i-Istadah”, “Abe Estada”, “Abe Istāḏa-i-Ghazni”, “Abe Istāḏa-i-Moquṟ”, “Ghaznī”, “Lake Istada”, “Ozero Ab-Istadyi-Mukur”, “آب استادۀ مقر”, and “غزنی”
Ab-i Istada
- Categories: lake, salt lake, and body of water
- Location: Ghazni, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.48786° or 32° 29′ 16″ north
Longitude
67.92947° or 67° 55′ 46″ east
Elevation
1,970 metres (6,463 feet)
Open location code
8J49FWQH+4Q
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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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