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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  • Lake
  • …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
  • Description: crater lake in Italy
  • Also known as
    “Avernus”
    “Lago di Iverno”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monte Nuovo and Lucrinus Lacus.
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is a cinder cone volcano within the Campi Flegrei caldera, near , southern .
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or Lucrine Lake is a lake in , southern Italy.
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The is an ancient Roman tunnel…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cumae and Baiae.
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was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna…
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is an ancient Roman town situated on the…
is a frazione of the comune…

Lake Avernus

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Latitude
40.83881° or 40° 50′ 20″ north
Longitude
14.07643° or 14° 4′ 35″ east
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 Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Avernus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة أفيرنوس”
  • 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”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Avernus”
  • 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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