Lake Lanao
Lake Lanao is a large ancient lake in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. With a surface area of 340 km2, it is the largest lake in Mindanao, the deepest and second largest lake in the Philippines, and counted as one of the 15 ancient lakes in the world.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the Philippines
- Also known as: “Aranda Lake”, “Lake Aranda”, “Lake Sultan Alonto”, “Lanao”, and “Lanao Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamparan and Balindong.
Tamparan
Town
Tamparan, officially the Municipality of Tamparan, is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 32,074 people. Tamparan is situated 7 km east of Lake Lanao.
Balindong
Town
Balindong, officially the Municipality of Balindong, is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 32,573 people. It is formerly known as Watu. Balindong is situated 7 km northwest of Lake Lanao.
Taraka
Town
Taraka, officially the Municipality of Taraka, is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,184 people. Taraka is situated 8 km east of Lake Lanao.
Lake Lanao
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lanao del Sur, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Lanao” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة لاناو”
- Armenian: “Լանաո”
- Belarusian: “Ланаа”
- Belarusian: “Ланао”
- Catalan: “lake Lanao”
- Cebuano: “Danaw sa Lanao”
- Cebuano: “Lanao”
- Chinese: “拉瑙湖”
- Chuvash: “Ланао”
- Czech: “Lanao”
- Dutch: “Lake Lanao”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لاناو”
- Esperanto: “Lanao”
- Esperanto: “Ranao”
- French: “lac Lanao”
- French: “Lac Lanao”
- Georgian: “ლანაო”
- German: “Lanao-See”
- Hebrew: “אגם לאנאו”
- Iloko: “Danaw Lanao”
- Indonesian: “danau Lanao”
- Indonesian: “Danau Lanao”
- Indonesian: “danau Ranau”
- Italian: “lago Lanao”
- Italian: “Lago Lanao”
- Japanese: “ラナオ湖”
- Korean: “라나오 호”
- Korean: “라나오호”
- Latvian: “Lanao ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Lanao ežeras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake Lanao”
- Norwegian: “Lake Lanao”
- Persian: “دریاچه لانائو”
- Polish: “Lanao”
- Russian: “Ланао”
- Spanish: “Lago Aranda”
- Spanish: “Lánao”
- Tagalog: “Lanao”
- Tagalog: “Lawa ng Lanao”
- Turkish: “Lanao Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Ланао (озеро)”
- Ukrainian: “Ланао”
- Venetian: “Lànau”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Lanao”
- Welsh: “Llyn Lanao”
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