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.- Body of water
- …has a surface elevation of 15 metres (49 feet)
- Description: lake of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
- Also known as“Assuey”“El Fondo Lake”“Lac Assuei”“Lac AzuéLac Azuey”“Lago de Asuei”“Lago Tor”“Laguna Salobre”“Lagune d’Azuey”“Lake Assuei”“Lake Azuéi”“Lake Saumatre”“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. Ganthier is situated 9 km southwest of Étang Saumâtre.
Étang Saumâtre
- Category: lake
- Location
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Latitude
18.57296° or 18° 34′ 23″ north
Longitude
-71.99108° or 71° 59′ 28″ west
Open location code
77CCH2F5+5H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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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: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Dutch: “Lac Azuei”
- Finnish: “Étang Saumâtre”
- French: “Étang Saumâtre”
- French: “Lac Azuéi”
- German: “Étang de 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: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Azuéisjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lac azuéi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lake azuéi”
- Norwegian: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Polish: “Étang Saumâtre”
- Russian: “Соматр”
- Spanish: “Etang Saumâtre”
- Spanish: “Lago Assuei”
- Spanish: “Lago Azuéi”
- Spanish: “Lago Azuey”
- Spanish: “Lago del Fondo”
- Spanish: “Laguna del Fondo”
- Swedish: “Étang Saumâtre”
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Haiti: Highlights
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