Lake Bolsena

Lake Bolsena is the largest lake in the northern part of the region of in Italy and the largest volcanic lake in the whole country, having a circumference of 43km.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: crater lake in Italy
  • Also known as: Bolsena” and “lake Bolsena

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolsena.

Village
is a town and comune of , in the in northern on the eastern shore of Lake . It is 10 km north-north west of and 36 km north-west of .

Lake Bolsena

Latitude
42.6° or 42° 36′ north
Longitude
11.9333° or 11° 56′ east
Elevation
304 metres (997 feet)
Open location code
8FJHHWXM+X8
Geo­Names ID
3181916
Wiki­data ID
Q208180
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Lake Bolsena” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحيرة بولزينا
  • Breton: Lenn Bolsena
  • Bulgarian: Болсена
  • Catalan: llac de Bolsena
  • Catalan: Llac de Bolsena
  • Cebuano: Lago di Bolsena
  • Chinese: 博尔塞纳湖
  • Chinese: 博爾塞納湖
  • Chinese: 博赛纳湖
  • Chuvash: Больсена
  • Czech: Bolsena
  • Czech: Bolsenské jezero
  • Czech: Jezero Bolsena
  • Czech: Lago di Bolsena
  • Danish: Lago di Bolsena
  • Dutch: Bolsenameer
  • Dutch: Meer van Bolsena
  • Esperanto: lago Bolsena
  • Esperanto: Lago Bolsena
  • Esperanto: lago di Bolsena
  • Estonian: Bolsena järv
  • Finnish: Bolsenanjärvi
  • French: lac de Bolsena
  • French: Lac de Bolsena
  • Georgian: ბოლსენის ტბა
  • German: Bolsena-See
  • German: Bolsenasee
  • German: lago di Bolsena
  • German: Lago di Bolsena
  • Greek: Λίμνη Μπολσένα
  • Hebrew: אגם בולזנה
  • Hebrew: אגם בולסנה
  • Indonesian: Danau Bolsena
  • Italian: lago di Bolsena
  • Italian: Lago di Bolsena
  • Italian: Lago Volsinio
  • Japanese: ボルセーナ湖
  • Korean: 볼세나 호
  • Korean: 볼세나호
  • Latin: Lacus Tarquiniensis
  • Latin: Lacus Volsiniensis
  • Latin: Sanctae Christinae lacus
  • Latin: Tarquiniensis lacus
  • Latin: Volsiniensis lacus
  • Latin: Vulsinus lacus
  • Latvian: Bolsenas ezers
  • Latvian: Bolsēnas ezers
  • Latvian: Lago di Bolsena
  • Lithuanian: Bolsena
  • Lithuanian: Bolsenos ežeras
  • Macedonian: Болсена
  • Malay: Tasik Bolsena
  • Mingrelian: ბოლსენაშ ტობა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bolsenasjøen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bolsenasjøen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Lago di Bolsena
  • Norwegian: Bolsenasjøen
  • Persian: دریاچه بولسنا
  • Polish: Bolsena
  • Polish: jezioro Bolsena
  • Polish: Lago di Bolsena
  • Portuguese: Bolsena
  • Portuguese: Lago Bolsena
  • Portuguese: Lago de bolsena
  • Portuguese: Lago di Bolsena
  • Russian: Больсена
  • Russian: Озеро Больсена
  • Serbian: Jezero Bolsena
  • Serbian: Lago di Bolsena
  • Serbian: Болсена
  • Serbian: Језеро Болсена
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bolsensko jezero
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jezero Bolsena
  • Sicilian: Lacu di Bolsena
  • Sicilian: Lagu di Bolsena
  • Slovak: Bolsenské jazero
  • Slovenian: Bolsensko jezero
  • Spanish: lago de Bolsena
  • Spanish: Lago de Bolsena
  • Swahili: Ziwa la Bolsena
  • Swedish: Bolsenasjön
  • Swedish: Lago di Bolzena
  • Turkish: Bolsena Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Больсена
  • Welsh: Llyn Bolsena
  • Western Frisian: Mar fan Bolsena
  • Wu Chinese: 博尔塞纳湖
  • Wu Chinese: 博赛纳湖

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