Lake Natron

Lake Natron is a shallow alkaline lake in the remote northern part of , close to the border with . Surrounded by volcanic mountains, salt flats and semi-desert, it is best known as East Africa's principal breeding site for the lesser flamingo and as the base for climbing the active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
  • Also known as: “Magad” and “Natron-See”

Lake Natron

Latitude
-2.3471° or 2° 20′ 50″ south
Longitude
36.0106° or 36° 0′ 38″ east
Elevation
602 metres (1,975 feet)
Open location code
6G9RM236+56
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23786069
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
151891
Wiki­data ID
Q838080
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Satellite Map

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

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Lake Natron” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Natronmeer”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة النطرون”
  • Armenian: “Նատրոն լիճ”
  • Asturian: “Llagu Natron”
  • Azerbaijani: “Natron gölü”
  • Basque: “Natron aintzira”
  • Bhojpuri: “नात्रोन झील”
  • Bulgarian: “Натрон”
  • Chinese: “納特龍湖”
  • Chinese: “纳特龙湖”
  • Chuvash: “Натрон”
  • Croatian: “Natron”
  • Czech: “Natronové jezero”
  • Danish: “Lake Natron”
  • Dutch: “Natronmeer”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Natron”
  • Estonian: “Natroni järv”
  • Finnish: “Natronjärvi”
  • French: “lac Natron”
  • French: “Lac Natron”
  • Georgian: “ნატრონი”
  • German: “Lake Natron”
  • German: “Natronsee”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Lake Natron”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Νάτρον”
  • Hausa: “Tafkin Natron”
  • Hebrew: “אגם נטרון”
  • Hungarian: “Nátron-tó”
  • Igbo: “Ọdọ Mmiri Natron”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Natron”
  • Italian: “lago Natron”
  • Italian: “Lago Natron”
  • Japanese: “ナトロン湖”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ikiyaga cya Natron”
  • Korean: “나트론호”
  • Latvian: “Lake Natron”
  • Latvian: “Natron”
  • Latvian: “Natrona ezers”
  • Latvian: “Ziwa Natron”
  • Lithuanian: “Natrono ežeras”
  • Macedonian: “Натрон (езеро)”
  • Macedonian: “Натрон”
  • Malay: “Tasik Natron”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake Natron”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Natronsjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Natronsjøen”
  • Persian: “دریاچه ناترون”
  • Polish: “Natron”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Natron”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Natron”
  • Russian: “Натрон”
  • Serbian: “Натрон”
  • Slovak: “Sodné jazero”
  • Slovenian: “jezero Natron”
  • Slovenian: “Jezero Natron”
  • Slovenian: “Lake Natron”
  • Somali: “Harada Natron”
  • Spanish: “Lago Natron”
  • Spanish: “Natron”
  • Swahili: “Ziwa Natron”
  • Swedish: “Natronsjön”
  • Tamil: “நாட்ரோன் ஏரி”
  • Ukrainian: “Натрон”
  • Urdu: “جھیل ناترون”
  • Uzbek: “Natron ko’li”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Natron”
  • Western Armenian: “Նաթրոնի Լիճ”
  • Western Panjabi: “جھیل ناترون”
  • “नात्रोन झील”

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