Bala Lake

Llyn Tegid, also known as Bala Lake or Lake Bala in English, is a large freshwater glacial lake in , Wales. The , which has its source on the slopes of in the mountains of , feeds the 3.7-by-0.5-mile lake.
Wikipedia
Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Lake
  • …lies at an elevation of 525 feet (160 metres)
  • Description: lake in Wales
  • Also known as
    “Lake Bala”
    “Lake Tegid”
    “Llyn Tegid”
    “Pimblemere”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Llangower railway station and Bala railway station.
Llangower was a minor station opened by the GWR on the…
Ken Crosby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bala is the current terminus of the heritage Bala Lake Railway, in , Wales, since 1976.
Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pentrepiod railway station is a small unstaffed…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llangywer and Parc.
Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community near , , Wales.
Rick Crowley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village.
Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a picturesque town of 2,000 people on the shores of Lake in , .

Bala Lake

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Latitude
52.88515° or 52° 53′ 7″ north
Longitude
-3.62308° or 3° 37′ 23″ west
Open location code
9C4RV9PG+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 154113061
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
2656611
Wiki­data ID
Q1335466

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Bala Lake” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Basque: “Tegid aintzira”
  • Breton: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Catalan: “Llac Tegid”
  • Catalan: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Cebuano: “Bala Lake”
  • Chinese: “巴拉湖”
  • Chuvash: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Chuvash: “Бала”
  • Dutch: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Esperanto: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Estonian: “Bala järv”
  • Finnish: “Llyn Tegid”
  • French: “lac Bala”
  • French: “Lac Bala”
  • German: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Hebrew: “אגם באלה”
  • Italian: “Lago di Bala”
  • Italian: “lago di Tegid”
  • Japanese: “バラ湖”
  • Latin: “Tegaeus Lacus”
  • Latvian: “Tegids”
  • Lithuanian: “Tegido ežeras”
  • Livvi: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Malay: “Tasik Bala”
  • Malay: “تاسيق بالا”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Polish: “Bala”
  • Russian: “Бала”
  • Russian: “Ллин-Тегид”
  • Slovenian: “Bala Lake”
  • Slovenian: “jezero Tegid”
  • Spanish: “Lago Bala”
  • Spanish: “Lago Tegid”
  • Swedish: “Llyn Tegid”
  • Turkish: “Bala Lake”
  • Venetian: “lago de Tegid”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Tegid”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Coed Cerrig-llwydion and Bryn-du.

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