Lake Chilwa
Lake Chilwa is the second-largest lake in Malawi after Lake Malawi. It is in eastern Zomba District, near the border with Mozambique. Approximately 60 km long and 40 km wide, the lake is surrounded by extensive wetlands.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Malawi
- Also known as: “Lake Shirwa” and “Shirwa See”
Lake Chilwa
- Categories: endorheic basin and body of water
- Location: Southern Malawi, Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-15.3° or 15° 18′ south
Longitude
35.7° or 35° 42′ east
Elevation
623 metres (2,044 feet)
Open location code
5GPQPM2X+2X
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Lake Chilwa” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Chilwameer”
- Arabic: “بحيرة تشلوة”
- Belarusian: “Чылва”
- Bhojpuri: “चिलवा झील”
- Burmese: “ချီဝကန်”
- Catalan: “Llac Chilwa”
- Chinese: “奇爾瓦湖”
- Croatian: “Chilwa”
- Czech: “Chilwa”
- Danish: “Chilwasøen”
- Dutch: “Chilwameer”
- Dutch: “Lake Chilwa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره تشلوه”
- Finnish: “Chilwajärvi”
- French: “lac Chilwa”
- French: “Lac Chilwa”
- Georgian: “ჩილვა”
- German: “Chilwa See”
- German: “Chilwa-See”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Chilwa”
- Igbo: “Ọdọ Mmiri Chilwa”
- Indonesian: “Danau Chilwa”
- Italian: “lago Chilwa”
- Italian: “Lago Chilwa”
- Japanese: “チルワ湖”
- Kinyarwanda: “Ikiyaga cya Chilwa”
- Latvian: “Čilvas ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Čilva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chilwasjøen”
- Norwegian: “Chilwasjøen”
- Nyanja: “Nyanja ya chirwa”
- Persian: “دریاچه چیلوا”
- Polish: “Chilwa”
- Portuguese: “Lago Chilua”
- Portuguese: “Lago Chilwa”
- Russian: “Чилва”
- Serbian: “Чилва”
- Slovenian: “Čilva”
- Slovenian: “Jezero Čilva”
- Somali: “Harada Chilwa”
- Spanish: “Lago Chilwa”
- Swahili: “Ziwa Chilwa”
- Swedish: “Chilwasjön”
- Tswana: “Letsha la Chilwa”
- Tumbuka: “Nyanja ya Chilwa”
- Turkish: “Chilwa Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Чилва”
- Venetian: “lago Chilwa”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Chilwa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Danaw Chilwa”
- Welsh: “Llyn Chilwa”
- “चिलवा झील”
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Places to explore: Uzinga and Pambiche.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Chidiampiri Island and Nchisi Island.
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