Italy
Southern Italy
Campania

Lake Avernus

Lake Avernus is a volcanic crater lake located in the Avernus crater in the region of southern Italy, around 4 kilometres west of . It is near the volcanic field known as the and comprises part of the wider Campanian volcanic arc.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: crater lake in Italy
  • Also known as: “Avernus” and “Lago di Iverno”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monte Nuovo and Lucrinus Lacus.

Volcano
Photo: Denghiù, Public domain.
is a cinder cone volcano within the Campi Flegrei caldera, near , southern . A series of damaging earthquakes and changes in land elevation preceded its only eruption, during the most recent part of the Holocene, which lasted from September 29 to October 6, 1538, when it was formed.

Lake
Photo: Inviaggiocommons, Public domain.
or Lucrine Lake is a lake in , southern Italy. It is less than one kilometre to the south of Lake Avernus and is separated from the by a narrow strip of land.

Cave
Photo: Ruthven, CC0.
The is an ancient Roman tunnel nearly a kilometre in length connecting Lake Avernus with and dating from 38-36 BC. It was burrowed through the tuff stone of Monte Grillo by the architect Lucius Cocceius Auctus at the command of Agrippa who was in the process of converting the Lake into a military port, the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cumae and Baiae.

Village
Photo: AlexanderVanLoon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia on the mainland of Italy and was founded by settlers from in the 8th century BCE. It became a rich Roman city, the remains of which lie near the modern village of Cuma, a frazione of the comune and in the Metropolitan City of Naples, , Italy.

Suburb
Photo: Kleuske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the and now in the comune of . It was a fashionable resort for centuries in antiquity, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic, when it was reckoned as superior to , , and by wealthy Romans, who built villas here from 100 BC.

Village
is a frazione of the comune of , in the metropolitan city of Naples, in . It has approximately one thousand inhabitants.

Lake Avernus

Latitude
40.83881° or 40° 50′ 20″ north
Longitude
14.07643° or 14° 4′ 35″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8FGPR3QG+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22909375
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
3182641
Wiki­data ID
Q782896
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Lake Avernus” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Averno”
  • Breton: “Lenn Averno”
  • Bulgarian: “Аверно”
  • Catalan: “Avern”
  • Catalan: “Averno”
  • Catalan: “Avernus”
  • Catalan: “Lacus Avernus”
  • Cebuano: “Lago d’Averno”
  • Chinese: “艾弗爾納斯湖”
  • Chuvash: “Аверно”
  • Danish: “Avernersøen”
  • Dutch: “Avernus lacus”
  • Esperanto: “Averno”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Averno”
  • French: “Averne”
  • French: “Averno”
  • French: “lac Averne”
  • French: “Lac Averne”
  • French: “Lac d’Averne”
  • French: “Lac d’Averno”
  • Galician: “Lago Averno”
  • German: “Averner See”
  • German: “Avernersee”
  • German: “Lacus Avernus”
  • German: “Lago d’Averno”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Αβέρνας”
  • Hungarian: “Avernói-tó”
  • Italian: “Avernus”
  • Italian: “Lago Averno”
  • Italian: “lago d’Averno”
  • Italian: “Lago d’averno”
  • Italian: “Lago d’Averno”
  • Italian: “Lago di Averno”
  • Japanese: “アウェルヌス”
  • Japanese: “アヴェルヌス湖”
  • Japanese: “アヴェルノ湖”
  • Korean: “아베르누스 호수”
  • Korean: “아베르누스호”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Avernosjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avernosjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avernussjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lago d’Averno”
  • Persian: “دریاچه اورنوس”
  • Polish: “Averno”
  • Polish: “Avernus”
  • Russian: “Аверн”
  • Russian: “Авернийское озеро”
  • Russian: “Аверно”
  • Russian: “Авернское озеро”
  • Spanish: “Lago Averno”
  • Spanish: “Lago del averno”
  • Spanish: “Lago del Averno”
  • Swedish: “Avernosjön”
  • Turkish: “Avernus gölü”
  • Turkish: “Avernus Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Аверно”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Avernus”

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