Karavasta Lagoon
Karavasta Lagoon is the largest lagoon in Albania and one of the largest adjoining the Mediterranean Sea, spanning an area of 42 km2. Karavasta is part of the Divjakë Karavasta National Park and is separated from the Adriatic Sea by a large strip of sand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lagoon
- Description: lagoon in Albania
- Also known as: “Kavarsta”, “Kavarsta Lake”, “Kënet’e Karavastas”, “Keneta e Kravastas”, “Këneta Kravastas”, “Kneta e Karavastes”, “Kneta e Karvastas”, “Kneta e Kravastaar”, “Kneta e Kravastasë”, “Kneta e Kravastës”, “Kneta Kravasta”, “Knetë e Karavastas”, “Kravastasë”, “Kravastasee”, “Krvasta”, “Lake Karavasta”, “Liceni Cravasta”, “Ligeni Kravasta”, “Limnē Karavasta”, “Liqen i Kravastas”, and “Liqeni i Karavastasë”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Divjaka-Karavasta National Park and Karavastë e Re.
Divjaka-Karavasta National Park
Photo: Levva28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Karavasta Lagoon is the largest lagoon in Albania and one of the largest in the Mediterranean Sea. The lagoon is situated in the west of Albania and the largest town found near the lagoon is Lushnjë.
Karavastë e Re
Village
Karavastë e Re is a village, which is situated 6 km south of Karavasta Lagoon.
Divjakë
Town
Photo: Sirius3710, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Divjakë is a municipality and town in Fier County, Albania. The municipality consists of the administrative units of Grabian, Gradishtë, Remas, Tërbuf with Divjakë constituting its seat. Divjakë is situated 8 km northeast of Karavasta Lagoon.
Karavasta Lagoon
- Category: body of water
- Location: Fier County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Karavasta Lagoon” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Laguna e Karavastasë”
- Albanian: “Liqeni i Karavastase”
- Armenian: “Կարավաստայի ծովածոց”
- Azerbaijani: “Karavasta laqunu”
- Bulgarian: “Караваща”
- Croatian: “Laguna Karavasta”
- Czech: “Karavastská laguna”
- Danish: “Karavastalagunen”
- Dutch: “Karavasta Lagoon”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Divjake-Karavasta”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Divjakë-Karavasta”
- Esperanto: “Laguno de Karavasta”
- French: “lagune de Karavasta”
- French: “Lagune de Karavasta”
- German: “Karavasta”
- Greek: “Λιμνοθάλασσα Καραβαστά”
- Hungarian: “Karavastai-lagúna”
- Indonesian: “Laguna Karavasta”
- Italian: “Laguna di Karavasta”
- Latvian: “Karavastajas lagūna”
- Lithuanian: “Karavastos lagūna”
- Macedonian: “Каравашта”
- Macedonian: “Лагуна Караваста”
- Polish: “Karavasta”
- Romanian: “Laguna Karavasta”
- Russian: “Караваста”
- Russian: “Каравастая”
- Serbian: “Лагуна Караваста”
- Slovak: “Laguna e Karavastasë”
- Slovenian: “laguna Karavasta”
- Slovenian: “Laguna Karavasta”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Karavasta”
- Swedish: “Karavasta”
- Turkish: “Karavasta Lagünü”
- Ukrainian: “Караваста”
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