Lake Togo
Lake Togo is the largest part of a lagoon in Togo, separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow coastal strip. It is shallow and a popular location for water sports.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lagoon
- Description: lake in Togo
- Also known as: “Avon Waters”, “Gbagá”, “Hako Lagoon”, “Ketehó”, “Lagune de Togo”, “Lagune Hako”, and “Togo-See”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Togoville and Agbodrafo.
Togoville
Town
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Togoville is a town and canton in southern Togo. It lies on the northern shore of Lake Togo. It was originally known as Togo. Like the country, the town is named after the lake. Togoville is situated 6 km east of Lake Togo.
Agbodrafo
Village
Photo: Yelouassi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agbodrafo, or Safe Harbor, is a town in southern Togo in the Maritime Region, lying between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Togo. It grew around a Portuguese fort and was known to Europeans as Porto Seguro. Agbodrafo is situated 7 km southeast of Lake Togo.
Lake Togo
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Togo, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Togo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة توغو”
- Cebuano: “Lac Togo”
- Chinese: “多哥湖”
- Croatian: “Togo (jezero)”
- Croatian: “Togo”
- Dimli (individual language): “Golê Togoy”
- Dutch: “Lake Togo”
- Dutch: “Togomeer”
- Esperanto: “Lago Togo”
- Esperanto: “Lago Togolanda”
- Estonian: “Togo järv”
- French: “lac Togo”
- French: “Lac Togo”
- Georgian: “ტოგო (ტბა)”
- Georgian: “ტოგო”
- German: “Togosee”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Togo”
- Icelandic: “Tógó”
- Italian: “lago Togo”
- Italian: “Lago Togo”
- Japanese: “トーゴ湖”
- Lithuanian: “Togo ežeras”
- Northern Frisian: “Toogosia”
- Polish: “Jezioro Togo”
- Russian: “Того”
- Spanish: “Lago Togo”
- Turkish: “Togo Gölü”
- Twi: “Ɔtare Togo”
- Venetian: “lago Togo”
- Welsh: “Llyn Togo”
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