Great Slave Lake

Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the , Canada, the deepest lake in North America at 614 m, and the tenth-largest lake in the world by area.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
  • Also known as: Tinde’e”, “Tıdeè”, “Tu Nedhé”, and “Tucho

Great Slave Lake

Latitude
61.50015° or 61° 30′ 1″ north
Longitude
-114.00123° or 114° 0′ 4″ west
Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)
Open location code
95H7GX2X+3G
Geo­Names ID
5965878
Wiki­data ID
Q5539
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Great Slave Lake” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Groot Slawemeer
  • Arabic: بحيرة جريت سليف
  • Armenian: Ստրուկների մեծ լիճ
  • Asturian: Gran Llagu del Esclavu
  • Azerbaijani: Böyük Kölə gölü
  • Bashkir: Оло Тотҡонлоҡ күле
  • Basque: Esklaboen Aintzira Handia
  • Belarusian: Вялікае Нявольніцкае возера
  • Bosnian: Veliko ropsko jezero
  • Bulgarian: Голямо Робско езеро
  • Catalan: Gran Llac de l’Esclau
  • Cebuano: Grand lac des Esclaves
  • Cebuano: Great Slave Lake
  • Chinese: 大奴湖
  • Chipewyan: Tinde’e
  • Chipewyan: Tu Nedhé
  • Chuvash: Мăн Ирĕксĕрлĕ кӳлĕ
  • Croatian: Veliko ropsko jezero
  • Croatian: Veliko slavsko jezero
  • Czech: Great Slave Lake
  • Czech: Velké Otročí jezero
  • Danish: Great Slave Lake
  • Dogrib: Tinde’e
  • Dogrib: Tıdeè
  • Dutch: Great Slave Lake
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيرة جريت سليڤ
  • Esperanto: Granda Slavea Lago
  • Estonian: Suur Orjajärv
  • Fiji Hindi: Great Slave Talaab
  • Finnish: Iso Orjajärvi
  • French: grand lac des Esclaves
  • French: Grand lac des Esclaves
  • French: Great Slave Lake
  • Galician: Gran Lago do Escravo
  • Georgian: დიდი მონების ტბა
  • Georgian: მონების დიდი ტბა
  • German: Great Slave Lake
  • German: Großer Sklavensee
  • German: Großer
  • German: Sklavensee
  • Greek: Μεγάλη Λίμνη των Δούλων
  • Greek: Μεγάλη Λίμνη των Σκλάβων
  • Hebrew: ימת העבדים הגדולה
  • Hindi: ग्रेट स्लाव झील
  • Hindi: ग्रेट स्लेव लेक
  • Hungarian: Nagy-Rabszolga-tó
  • Icelandic: Stóra þrælavatn
  • Indonesian: Danau Great Slave
  • Italian: Grande Lago degli Schiavi
  • Japanese: グレートスレーブ湖
  • Kannada: ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಸ್ಲೇವ್ ಸರೋವರ
  • Kazakh: Үлкен Еріксіздер көлі
  • Kirghiz: Чоң эрксиз көл
  • Korean: 그레이트슬레이브호
  • Latin: Lacus servorum maior
  • Latvian: Greitsleivleiks
  • Lithuanian: Didysis Vergų ežeras
  • Macedonian: Големо Ропско Езеро
  • Malayalam: ഗ്രേറ്റ് സ്ലേവ് തടാകം
  • Mingrelian: დოლმახორეეფიშ დიდი ტობა
  • Northern Sami: Stuorra Šlávajávri
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Store Slavesjø
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Store Slavevann
  • Norwegian: Store Slavesjø
  • Ossetian: Цагъайрæгты Стыр цад
  • Persian: دریاچه گریت اسلیو
  • Polish: Wielkie Jezioro Niewolnicze
  • Portuguese: Grande Lago do Escravo
  • Quechua: Hatun Isklaw qucha
  • Romanian: Lacul Sclavilor
  • Russian: Большое Невольничье озеро
  • Serbian: Велико ропско језеро
  • Serbo-Croatian: Veliko ropsko jezero
  • Slave (Athapascan): Tucho
  • Slovak: Veľké jazero otrokov
  • Slovenian: Veliko suženjsko jezero
  • Spanish: Gran Lago del Esclavo
  • Swahili: Ziwa Great Slave
  • Swedish: Grand lac des Esclaves
  • Swedish: Great Slave Lake
  • Swedish: Stora Slavsjön
  • Tamil: சிலாவியப் பேரேரி
  • Thai: ทะเลสาบเกรตสเลฟ
  • Turkish: Büyük Esir Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Велике Невільниче озеро
  • Uzbek: Katta Asirlar ko‘li
  • Uzbek: Katta Asirlar Ko‘li
  • Uzbek: Katta Asirlar ko’li
  • Uzbek: Katta Asirlar Ko’li
  • Uzbek: Katta Asirlar ko`li
  • Uzbek: Katta Asirlar Ko`li
  • Uzbek: Katta Asirlar koʻli
  • Uzbek: Katta Asirlar Koʻli
  • Uzbek: Katta qullar ko‘li
  • Uzbek: Katta Qullar Ko‘li
  • Uzbek: Katta qullar ko’li
  • Uzbek: Katta Qullar Ko’li
  • Uzbek: Katta qullar ko`li
  • Uzbek: Katta Qullar Ko`li
  • Uzbek: Katta qullar koʻli
  • Uzbek: Katta Qullar Koʻli
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Slave Lớn
  • Vlaams: Grôot Sleevie-Mêer
  • Waray (Philippines): Dumagko nga Danaw Uripon
  • Welsh: Llyn Great Slave
  • Western Frisian: Grutte Slavemar
  • Wu Chinese: 大奴湖
  • Yue Chinese: 大奴湖

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fort Resolution and Inner Whaleback Rocks.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grand lac des Esclaves.

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