Lake Maracaibo
Lake Maracaibo is located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida. While Maracaibo is commonly referred to as a lake, its current hydrological characteristics may better classify it as an estuary and/or semi-enclosed bay connected to the Gulf of Venezuela.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
- Also known as: “Lago de Maracaibo”
Lake Maracaibo
- Category: body of water
- Location: Zulia, Venezuela, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Maracaibo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Maracaibo” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Maracaibomeer”
- Arabic: “بحيرة ماراكايبو”
- Arabic: “بحيرة ماراكيبو”
- Arabic: “بحيرة مراكايبو”
- Aragonese: “Laco de Maracaibo”
- Aragonese: “Laco Maracaibo”
- Armenian: “Մարակայբո (լիճ)”
- Armenian: “Մարակայբո”
- Asturian: “Llagu de Maracaibo”
- Azerbaijani: “Marakaybo gölü”
- Bashkir: “Маракайбо”
- Basque: “Maracaibo lakua”
- Basque: “Maracaiboko aintzira”
- Belarusian: “Возера Маракайба”
- Belarusian: “Маракайба”
- Belarusian: “Марака́йба”
- Bengali: “মারাকাইবো হ্রদ”
- Bosnian: “Maracaibo (jezero)”
- Bosnian: “Maracaibo”
- Breton: “Lenn Maracaibo”
- Bulgarian: “Маракаибо”
- Bulgarian: “Маракайбо”
- Catalan: “llac de Maracaibo”
- Catalan: “Llac Maracaibo”
- Chinese: “馬拉卡波湖”
- Chinese: “馬拉開波湖”
- Chinese: “马拉开波湖”
- Chuvash: “Маракайбо”
- Croatian: “Jezero Maracaibo”
- Croatian: “Maracaibo”
- Czech: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- Czech: “Maracaibo”
- Danish: “Maracaibosøen”
- Dutch: “Meer van Maracaibo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ماراكايبو”
- Esperanto: “Lago Marakajbo”
- Esperanto: “Marakaiba lago”
- Esperanto: “Marakajbo”
- Estonian: “Maracaibo järv”
- Fiji Hindi: “Maracaibo Talaab”
- Finnish: “Maracaibojärvi”
- French: “Lac de Maracaibo”
- French: “lac Maracaibo”
- French: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- Galician: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- Galician: “Lago de Zulia”
- Georgian: “მარაკაიბოს ტბა”
- German: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- German: “Maracaibo-See”
- German: “Maracaibosee”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Μαρακαΐμπο”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Μαρακάιμπο”
- Hebrew: “אגם מרקאיבו”
- Hindi: “माराकाइबो झील”
- Hungarian: “Maracaibo-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Maracaibo”
- Irish: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- Irish: “Loch Maracaibo”
- Italian: “Lago Coquivacoa”
- Italian: “lago di Maracaibo”
- Italian: “Lago di Maracaibo”
- Japanese: “マラカイボの灯台”
- Japanese: “マラカイボ湖”
- Korean: “마라까이보 호”
- Korean: “마라카이보호”
- Latin: “Lacus Maracaibo”
- Latvian: “Lake Maracaibo”
- Latvian: “Marakaibo ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Marakaibo ežeras”
- Macedonian: “Маракаибо”
- Mazanderani: “ماراکایبو دریامونا”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maracaibosjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maracaibo-sjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maracaibosjøen”
- Norwegian: “Maracaibosjøen”
- Papiamento: “Lago di Maracaibo”
- Persian: “دریاچه ماراکایبو”
- Polish: “Jezioro Maracaibo”
- Polish: “Maracaibo”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- Portuguese: “Lago de Venezuela”
- Portuguese: “Lago Maracaibo”
- Quechua: “Marakaypu qucha”
- Romanian: “Lacul Maracaibo”
- Russian: “Маракайбо”
- Russian: “Озеро Маракайбо”
- Serbian: “Jezero Marakaibo”
- Serbian: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- Serbian: “Језеро Маракаибо”
- Serbian: “Маракаибо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maracaibo”
- Slovak: “Maracaibské jazero”
- Slovenian: “Jezero Maracaibo”
- Slovenian: “Maracaibo”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Maracaibo”
- Spanish: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- Spanish: “Lago Maracaibo”
- Swahili: “Ziwa Maracaibo”
- Swedish: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- Swedish: “Maracaibosjön”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบมาราไกโบ”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบมาราไคโบ”
- Turkish: “Lago de Maracaibo”
- Turkish: “Maracaibo Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Маракайбо”
- Venetian: “lago de Maracaibo”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Maracaibo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Danaw Maracaibo”
- Wayuu: “Lamuuna marakaayaje’ewalü”
- Wayuu: “Marakaaya”
- Wayuu: “Wuinka Marakaaya”
- Welsh: “Llyn Maracaibo”
- Wu Chinese: “马拉开波湖”
- Yue Chinese: “馬拉卡波湖”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chiquinquira and El Cinco.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fila El Toro and Pico El Viejo.
Venezuela: Must-Visit Destinations
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