Lake Bosomtwi

Lake Bosumtwi, also spelled Bosomtwe, is a rare natural treasure located in the Ashanti Region of . The lake was formed by a meteorite impact over a million years ago.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: crater lake in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Bosomtwe Lake”, “Lake Bosomtwe”, “Lake Bosumtwe”, and “Lake Bosumtwi”

Lake Bosomtwi

Latitude
6.506° or 6° 30′ 21″ north
Longitude
-1.4094° or 1° 24′ 34″ west
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
6CRWGH4R+96
Open­Street­Map ID
way 778569550
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Wiki­data ID
Q894613
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Bosomtwi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Lake Bosomtwi” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bosumtwimeer”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة بوسومتوي”
  • Basque: “Bosumtwi aintzira”
  • Burmese: “ဘိုဆမ်တိကန်”
  • Catalan: “llac Bosumtwi”
  • Cebuano: “Lake Bosumtwi”
  • Chinese: “博苏姆推湖”
  • Chinese: “博蘇姆維湖”
  • Chuvash: “Босумтви”
  • Croatian: “Bosumtwe”
  • Croatian: “Bosumtwi”
  • Czech: “Bosomtwe”
  • Czech: “Bosumtwi”
  • Dagbani: “Lake Bosumtwi”
  • Danish: “Bosomtwesøen”
  • Danish: “Bosumtwi”
  • Dutch: “Bosumtwi”
  • Esperanto: “Bosumtwi”
  • Estonian: “Bosumtwi”
  • Finnish: “Bosumtwi”
  • French: “lac Bosomtwe”
  • French: “lac Bosumtwi”
  • French: “Lac Bosumtwi”
  • Georgian: “ბოსუმტვი”
  • German: “Bosomtwe”
  • German: “Bosumtwi”
  • German: “Bosumtwisee”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Bosomtwe Lake”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Lake Bosomtwe”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Lake Bosumtwe”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Lake Bosumtwi”
  • Hausa: “Tabkin Bosumtwi”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Bosumtwi”
  • Italian: “Lago Bosumtwi”
  • Japanese: “ボスムトゥイ湖”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ikiyaga cya Bosumtwi”
  • Lithuanian: “Bosumtvio ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Bosumtvio krateris”
  • Lithuanian: “Bosumtvis”
  • Macedonian: “Босумтви”
  • Malayalam: “ബോസുംത്വി തടാകം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bosumtwi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bosumtwi”
  • Polish: “Bosumtwi”
  • Portuguese: “Bosumtwi”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Bosumtwi”
  • Russian: “Босумтви”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bosumtwi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Bosumtwi”
  • Spanish: “Lago Bosumtwi”
  • Swedish: “Bosomtwe”
  • Swedish: “Bosumtwi”
  • Swedish: “Lake Bosomtwe”
  • Turkish: “Bosumtvi Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Босумтві”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Bosumtwi”

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