Lake Turkana
As you crawl forward in your 4x4, the so-called Jade Sea emerges before you. A vast, deep-green oasis in an otherwise barren hellscape. But this is not your storybook oasis.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 360 metres (1,181 feet)
- Description: alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
- Also known as“Aman”“Aman Lake”“Anam”“Anam Lake”“Bas”“Bas Lake”“Baso”“Baso Lake”“Basso”“Basso Narok”“Basso Norok”“Fuchich”“Galanabol”“Galanaboy”“Gallop”“Gallop Lake”“Gulanabol”“Gullopp”“Jade Sea”“Lago Rodolfo”“Lake Rudolf”“Rudolf Bahir”“Rudolf Lake”“Rudolph”“Rudolph Lake”“Turkana”“yeRudolf Bahir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Central Island.
Lake Turkana
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Latitude
3.5° or 3° 30′ north
Longitude
36° east
Open location code
6GMRG222+22
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Turkana” goes by many names.
Turkana-meerAfrikaans
Rudolf Hāyk’Amharic
بحيرة توركاناArabic
ՌուդոլֆArmenian
Llagu TurkanaAsturian
Turkana gölüAzerbaijani
РудольфBashkir
TurkanaBasque
Turkana lakuaBasque
РудольфBelarusian
ТурканаBelarusian
तुर्काना झीलBhojpuri
Lenn TurkanaBreton
РудолфBulgarian
ТурканаBulgarian
တာကနကန်Burmese
Llac TurkanaCatalan
TurkanaCatalan
Danaw TurkanaCentral Bikol
图尔卡纳湖Chinese
圖爾卡納湖Chinese
РудольфChuvash
TurkanaCroatian
Rudolfovo jezeroCzech
TurkanaCzech
Lake TurkanaDagbani
Lake RudolfDanish
Lake TurkanaDanish
TurkanasøenDanish
RudolfmeerDutch
TurkanameerDutch
Lago TurkanaEsperanto
Turkana järvEstonian
Lake TurkanaFiji Hindi
Turkana TalaabFiji Hindi
RudolfjärviFinnish
TurkanajärviFinnish
Lago TurkanaGalician
ტურკანაGeorgian
ტურკანის ტბაGeorgian
Rudolf-see (historical)German
Aman LakeGhanaian Pidgin English
Anam LakeGhanaian Pidgin English
Bas LakeGhanaian Pidgin English
Baso LakeGhanaian Pidgin English
Gallop LakeGhanaian Pidgin English
Lake RudolfGhanaian Pidgin English
Lake TurkanaGhanaian Pidgin English
Rudolf LakeGhanaian Pidgin English
Rudolph LakeGhanaian Pidgin English
Λίμνη ΡοδόλφουGreek
Λίμνη ΤουρκάναGreek
ΤουρκάναGreek
Tafkin TurkanaHausa
אגם טורקאנהHebrew
אגם טורקנהHebrew
אגם רודולףHebrew
ימת טורקאנהHebrew
ימת טורקנהHebrew
ימת רודולףHebrew
तुर्काना झीलHindi
Jáde-tengerHungarian
Rudolf-tóHungarian
Turkana-tóHungarian
Ọdọ Mmiri TurkanaIgbo
Danau TurkanaIndonesian
Lago Rodolfo (historical)Italian
Lago RudolfItalian
Lago TurkanaItalian
トゥルカナ湖Japanese
ルドルフ湖Japanese
Рудольф көліKazakh
Рудольф, көлKirghiz
투르카나호Korean
Lacus TurkanaLatin
Rūdolfa ezersLatvian
Turkānas ezersLatvian
Rudolfo ežerasLithuanian
TurkanaLithuanian
Turkano ežerasLithuanian
Turkanos ežerasLithuanian
RudolfséiLuxembourgish
TurkanaséiLuxembourgish
Турканско ЕзероMacedonian
ടർക്കാന തടാകംMalayalam
تورکانا دریاچهMazanderani
ტურკანაMingrelian
ტურკანა (ტობა)Mingrelian
Rudolf SiaNorthern Frisian
Turkaana SiaNorthern Frisian
TurkanasjøenNorwegian
RudolfsjøenNorwegian Bokmål
TurkanasjøenNorwegian Bokmål
TurkanasjøenNorwegian Nynorsk
Lac TurkanaOccitan (post 1500)
ਤੁਰਕਾਨਾ ਝੀਲPanjabi
خلیج عقبهPersian
دریاچهٔ تورکاناPersian
دریاچهٔ رودلفPersian
Central Island National ParkPolish
Jezioro RudolfaPolish
Jezioro TurkanaPolish
Lake RudolfPolish
Lake Turkana National ParksPolish
Park Narodowy Central IslandPolish
Park Narodowy SibiloiPolish
Parki Narodowe Jeziora TurkanaPolish
Rudolf HajkPolish
Sibiloi National ParkPolish
TurkanaPolish
Lacul TurkanaRomanian
РудольфRussian
ТурканаRussian
ТурканаSerbian
TurkanaSerbo-Croatian
Rudolfovo jazeroSlovak
TurkanaSlovak
Turkansko jezeroSlovenian
TurkanaSwahili
Ziwa la TurkanaSwahili
Ziwa TurkanaSwahili
JadesjönSwedish
Lake RudolfSwedish
Lake TurkanaSwedish
RudolfsjönSwedish
TurkanasjönSwedish
துர்க்கானா ஏரிTamil
РудольфTatar
Рудольф (күл)Tatar
ทะเลสาบเทอร์กานาThai
Turkana GölüTurkish
Lake TurkanaTwi
РудольфUkrainian
ТурканаUkrainian
ٹرکانا جھیلUrdu
جھیل ٹرکاناUrdu
جھیل روڈلفUrdu
روڈلف جھیلUrdu
Lago TurkanaVenetian
Hồ TurkanaVietnamese
Danaw TurkanaWaray (Philippines)
Lake TurkanaWaray (Philippines)
Llyn TurkanaWelsh
جھیل ترکاناWestern Panjabi
جھیل ترکانہWestern Panjabi
图尔卡纳湖Wu Chinese
圖爾卡納湖Yue Chinese
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