Lac Pavin
Lac Pavin or Lake Pavin is a meromictic crater lake, located in the Dore mountains, in Auvergne, in the territory of the commune of Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme department of France, between Besse-en-Chandesse and Super-Besse.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 1,197 metres (3,927 feet)
- Description: body of water
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Lac des Hermines and Chapelle Notre-Dame de Vassivière.
Lac des Hermines
Lac des Hermines is an artificial lake near Super-Besse, in Puy-de-Dôme, France.
Villages in the Area
Discover Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise and Compains.
Compains
Compains is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
Valbeleix
Valbeleix is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
8 km east of Lac Pavin
Lac Pavin
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Latitude
45.49593° or 45° 29′ 45″ north
Longitude
2.88794° or 2° 53′ 17″ east
Open location code
8FQ4FVWQ+95
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = lake
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lac Pavin” goes by many names.
بحيرة بافينArabic
llac PaventCatalan
Lac PavinCebuano
Lac Pavin (lanaw sa Pransiya)Cebuano
帕万湖Chinese
Lac PavinCzech
Lac PavinDutch
パヴァン湖Japanese
Lac PaventOccitan (post 1500)
ПавенRussian
Павен (озеро)Russian
Lac PavinVietnamese
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