Waw an Namus
Waw an Namus is a volcano in Libya. Of either Pleistocene or Holocene age, it is located within the eastern Fezzan region. The origin of the volcanism there and at Al Haruj farther north is not clear.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Well
- Description: mountain in Libya
- Also known as: “Uau en Namus” and “Wāw an Nāmūs”
Places of Interest
Highlights include بحيره واو الناموس.
Waw an Namus
- Categories: mountain and body of water
- Location: Murzuq District, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Waw an Namus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “واو الناموس”
- Asturian: “Waw an Namus”
- Bulgarian: “Вау ан Намус”
- Bulgarian: “Уау ан Намус”
- Chinese: “瓦乌纳穆斯”
- Croatian: “Waw an Namus”
- Dutch: “Waw an Namus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “واو الناموس”
- Estonian: “Wau en Namus”
- Estonian: “Waw an Namus”
- Estonian: “Waw an-Namus”
- Estonian: “Wāw an-Nāmūs”
- French: “Waw an Namus”
- French: “واو الناموس”
- Georgian: “ვაუ-ან-ნამუსი”
- Georgian: “ვაუ-ენ-ნამუსი”
- Georgian: “უაუ-ან-ნამუსი”
- German: “Waw an Namus”
- German: “Waw an-Namus”
- Indonesian: “Waw an Namus”
- Italian: “Waw an Namus”
- Japanese: “ワウアンナムス”
- Persian: “واو الناموس”
- Persian: “واو یک ناموس”
- Russian: “Вау-ан-Намус”
- Russian: “Вау-эн-Намус”
- Serbian: “Vau en Namus”
- Serbian: “Wau-en-Namus”
- Serbian: “Waw an Namus”
- Serbian: “Вав ан Намус”
- Serbian: “Вау ен Намус”
- Serbian: “واو الناموس”
- Slovak: “Wau-en-Namus”
- Slovak: “Wáw an-Námús”
- Slovenian: “Waw an Namus”
- Spanish: “Waw an Namus”
- Turkish: “Wau en Namus”
- Ukrainian: “Вау-ан-Намус”
- Venetian: “Waw an Namus”
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