Étang Saumâtre
Étang Saumâtre, is the largest lake in Haiti, and lies along part of the border with the Dominican Republic. It is also known as Lake Azuéi; its Taíno name was Yainagua.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
- Also known as: “Assuey”, “El Fondo Lake”, “etang Saumatre”, “Etang Saumâtre”, “Lac Assuei”, “Lac Azueí”, “Lac Azuéï”, “Lac Azuey”, “Lago de Asuei”, “Lago Tor”, “Laguna Salobre”, “Lagune d’Azuey”, “Lake Assuei”, “Lake Azuei”, “Lake Azuéi”, “Lake Saumatre”, and “Lake Sumatre”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ganthier.
Ganthier
Town
Ganthier is a commune in the Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. It has 71,261 inhabitants. Ganthier is situated 9 km southwest of Étang Saumâtre.
Étang Saumâtre
- Category: lake
- Location: Ouest, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.57296° or 18° 34′ 23″ northLongitude
-71.99108° or 71° 59′ 28″ westElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
77CCH2F5+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1254598411OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Étang Saumâtre” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Cebuano: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Chinese: “索馬特爾湖”
- Czech: “Saumâtre”
- Dutch: “Etang Saumatre”
- Dutch: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Dutch: “Lac Azuei”
- French: “étang Saumâtre”
- French: “Étang Saumâtre”
- French: “Lac Azuei”
- French: “Lac Azuéi”
- German: “Étang de Saumatre”
- German: “Étang Saumatre”
- German: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Haitian: “Etan Somat”
- Hebrew: “אטנג סאומטרה”
- Japanese: “ソマートル池”
- Latvian: “Etang Saumâtre”
- Latvian: “Somatra ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Somatras”
- Lithuanian: “Somatro ežeras”
- Macedonian: “Етан Суматр (езеро)”
- Macedonian: “Етан Суматр”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Etang Saumatre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Etang Saumâtre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Azueisjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Azuéisjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Etang Saumatre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Etang Saumâtre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lac Azuei”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lac azuéi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lake azuei”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lake azuéi”
- Norwegian: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Polish: “Etang Saumatre”
- Polish: “Etang Saumâtre”
- Polish: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Russian: “Соматр”
- Spanish: “Etang Saumatre”
- Spanish: “Etang Saumâtre”
- Spanish: “Lago Assuei”
- Spanish: “Lago Azuei”
- Spanish: “Lago Azuéi”
- Spanish: “Lago Azuey”
- Spanish: “Lago del Fondo”
- Spanish: “Laguna del Fondo”
- Swedish: “Étang Saumâtre”
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