Lucrinus Lacus

Lucrinus Lacus or Lucrine Lake is a lake in , southern Italy. It is less than one kilometre to the south of and is separated from the by a narrow strip of land.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lucrino railway station and Lake Avernus.

Railway station
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is a railway stop in , Metropolitan City of Naples, . It is served by the Cumana railway line, managed by EAV.

Lake
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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.

Volcano
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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baiae and Cumae.

Suburb
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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
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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.

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

Lucrinus Lacus

Latitude
40.82918° or 40° 49′ 45″ north
Longitude
14.08021° or 14° 4′ 49″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8FGPR3HJ+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22909374
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
3213208
Wiki­data ID
Q432545
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Satellite Map

Discover Lucrinus Lacus from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Venetian—“Lucrinus Lacus” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Лукринско езеро”
  • Catalan: “Llac Lucrí”
  • Catalan: “Lucrinus Lacus”
  • Dutch: “Lucrinus Lacus”
  • French: “lac Lucrin”
  • French: “Lac Lucrin”
  • Galician: “Lago Lucrino”
  • Greek: “Ηράκλεια οδός (Ιταλία - Λίμνη Λουκρίνο)”
  • Greek: “Ηράκλεια οδός”
  • Hungarian: “Lucrinói-tó”
  • Italian: “lago di Lucrino”
  • Italian: “Lago di Lucrino”
  • Japanese: “ルクリヌス湖”
  • Neapolitan: “Laco ‘e Lucrine”
  • Neapolitan: “Laco ’e Lucrine”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lucrinosjøen”
  • Russian: “Лукрино”
  • Spanish: “Lago Lucrino”
  • Spanish: “Lucrinus”
  • Ukrainian: “Лукринське озеро”
  • Venetian: “lago de Lucrin”

Localities in the Area

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