Lake Bolsena
Lake Bolsena is the largest lake in the northern part of the region of Lazio in Italy and the largest volcanic lake in the whole country, having a circumference of 43km.
Photo: Caramella90, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: crater lake in Italy
- Also known as: “Bolsena-See”, “Bolsenameer”, “Bolsenas ezers”, “Bolsenos ežeras”, “jezioro Bolsena”, “Lacus Tarquiniensis”, “Lacus Volsiniensis”, “Lago de bolsena”, “Lago di Bolzena”, “Lago Volsinio”, “Lagu di Bolsena”, “lake Bolsena”, “Sanctae Christinae lacus”, “Tarquiniensis lacus”, “Vulsinus lacus”, “Озеро Больсена”, and “אגם בולזנה”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Isola Bisentina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolsena.
Lake Bolsena
- Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
- Location: Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.6° or 42° 36′ north
Longitude
11.9333° or 11° 56′ east
Elevation
304 metres (997 feet)
Open location code
8FJHHWXM+X8
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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”
- Danish: “Lago di Bolsena”
- Dutch: “Meer van Bolsena”
- Esperanto: “lago Bolsena”
- Esperanto: “Lago Bolsena”
- Estonian: “Bolsena järv”
- Finnish: “Bolsenanjärvi”
- French: “lac de Bolsena”
- French: “Lac de Bolsena”
- Georgian: “ბოლსენის ტბა”
- German: “Bolsenasee”
- German: “Lago di Bolsena”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Μπολσένα”
- Hebrew: “אגם בולסנה”
- Indonesian: “Danau Bolsena”
- Italian: “lago di Bolsena”
- Italian: “Lago di Bolsena”
- Japanese: “ボルセーナ湖”
- Korean: “볼세나 호”
- Korean: “볼세나호”
- Latin: “Volsiniensis lacus”
- Latvian: “Bolsēnas ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Bolsena”
- Macedonian: “Болсена”
- Malay: “Tasik Bolsena”
- Mingrelian: “ბოლსენაშ ტობა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolsenasjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bolsenasjøen”
- Norwegian: “Bolsenasjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه بولسنا”
- Polish: “Bolsena”
- Polish: “Lago di Bolsena”
- Portuguese: “Lago Bolsena”
- Russian: “Больсена”
- Serbian: “Jezero Bolsena”
- Serbian: “Болсена”
- Serbian: “Језеро Болсена”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bolsensko jezero”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Bolsena”
- Sicilian: “Lacu di Bolsena”
- Slovak: “Bolsenské jazero”
- Slovenian: “Bolsensko jezero”
- Spanish: “lago de Bolsena”
- Spanish: “Lago de Bolsena”
- Swahili: “Ziwa la Bolsena”
- Swedish: “Bolsenasjön”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sant’Antonio and Valle Gianni.
Viterbo: Must-Visit Destinations
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