Sea of Galilee region

The Sea of Galilee, also called Lake Tiberias, Genezareth Lake or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake in . It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world, with its elevation fluctuating between 215 and 209 metres below sea level.
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is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in northern . A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 18th century one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with , , and .

Sea of Galilee region

  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: largest freshwater lake in Israel
  • Also known as: “Bahr Tabariyeh”, “Bahr Tubaria”, “Bahr Tubariya”, “Buḩayrat Ţabarīyā”, “Kinneret”, “Kinnereth”, “Lake Kinneret”, “Lake of Gennesaret”, “Lake of Tiberias”, “Lake Tiberias”, “Sea of Galilee”, “Sea of kinnereth”, and “Sea of Tiberias”
  • Category: monomictic lake
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
32.8138° or 32° 48′ 50″ north
Longitude of center
35.5906° or 35° 35′ 26″ east
Elevation
-216 metres (-709 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278477091
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Geo­Names ID
294459
Wiki­data ID
Q126982
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sea of Galilee region” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Meer van Tiberias”
  • Albanian: “Deti i Galilesë”
  • Arabic: “بحر الجليل”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة طبريا”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة طبرية”
  • Arabic: “بحيره طبريا”
  • Armenian: “Գալիլեայի ծով”
  • Armenian: “Գալիլեյան ծով”
  • Asturian: “Llagu de Galilea”
  • Asturian: “Llagu de Xenesaré”
  • Asturian: “mar de Xenesaré”
  • Azerbaijani: “Təbəriyyə gölü”
  • Balinese: “Segara Galiléa”
  • Basque: “Galileako itsasoa”
  • Basque: “Kinneret”
  • Basque: “Tiberiadeko aintzira”
  • Basque: “Tiberiades aintzira”
  • Bavarian: “Sää Genezareth”
  • Belarusian: “Галілейскае мора”
  • Belarusian: “Кінерэт”
  • Belarusian: “Кінэрэт”
  • Belarusian: “Тыверыядскае возера”
  • Belarusian: “Тывэрыядзкае возера”
  • Bengali: “গালীল সাগর”
  • Bosnian: “Galilejsko jezero”
  • Bosnian: “Galilejsko more”
  • Breton: “Mor Galile”
  • Breton: “Mor Galilea”
  • Bulgarian: “Галилейско езеро”
  • Bulgarian: “Галилейско море”
  • Bulgarian: “Тивериадско езеро”
  • Catalan: “Llac de Genesaret”
  • Catalan: “llac de Tiberíades”
  • Catalan: “Llac de Tiberíades”
  • Catalan: “Llac Tiberiades”
  • Catalan: “Llac Tiberíades”
  • Catalan: “Mar de Galilea”
  • Cebuano: “Lake Tiberias”
  • Central Kurdish: “دەریاچەی تەبەریە”
  • Chinese: “加利利海”
  • Chinese: “加利利湖”
  • Chinese: “加里肋亞海”
  • Chinese: “基乃勒特海”
  • Chinese: “基乃勒特湖”
  • Chinese: “基内列特湖”
  • Chinese: “太巴列湖”
  • Chinese: “提比哩亞海”
  • Chinese: “提比哩亞湖”
  • Chinese: “提比里亞海”
  • Chinese: “提比里亞湖”
  • Chinese: “革尼撒勒海”
  • Chinese: “革尼撒勒湖”
  • Chuvash: “Тивериад кӳлли”
  • Croatian: “Galilejsko jezero”
  • Croatian: “Galilejsko more”
  • Croatian: “Genezaretsko jezero”
  • Croatian: “Kineret”
  • Croatian: “Tiberijadsko jezero”
  • Czech: “Galilejské jezero”
  • Czech: “Genezaretské jezero”
  • Czech: “Kineretské jezero”
  • Czech: “Kinneretské jezero”
  • Czech: “Moře Ceneret”
  • Czech: “Tiberiadské jezero”
  • Czech: “Tiberiánské jezero”
  • Danish: “Genesaret sø”
  • Danish: “Genesaretsøen”
  • Dutch: “Jam Kinneret”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Galilea”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Gallilea”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Genezareth”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Gennesaret”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Kinneret”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Tiberias”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيرة طبريا”
  • Esperanto: “Galilea lago”
  • Esperanto: “Galilea maro”
  • Esperanto: “Genezareta lago”
  • Esperanto: “Kineret”
  • Esperanto: “Lago de Galileo”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Genesaret”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Genezareta”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Kineret”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Kinneret”
  • Esperanto: “Maro de Tiberias”
  • Esperanto: “Maro Kineret”
  • Esperanto: “Maro Kinneret”
  • Esperanto: “Tiberiada Lago”
  • Esperanto: “Tiberiada maro”
  • Estonian: “Galilea meri”
  • Estonian: “Genneesareti järv”
  • Estonian: “Kinnereti järv”
  • Estonian: “Tiberiase järv”
  • Finnish: “Galileanjärvi”
  • Finnish: “Genesaretin järvi”
  • Finnish: “Genesaretinjärvi”
  • Finnish: “Gennesaretin järvi”
  • Finnish: “Gennesaretinjärvi”
  • Finnish: “Tiberiaanjärvi”
  • Finnish: “Tiberian meri”
  • French: “Lac de Galilée”
  • French: “Lac de Gennésareth”
  • French: “Lac de Tiberiade”
  • French: “lac de Tibériade”
  • French: “Lac de Tibériade”
  • French: “Lac Kinneret”
  • French: “Mer de Galilée”
  • French: “Mer de Génésareth”
  • Galician: “Lago Tiberiades”
  • Galician: “Mar de Galilea”
  • Georgian: “ტიბერიადის ტბა”
  • German: “Bahr et-Tabarijein”
  • German: “Galiläisches Meer”
  • German: “Genezareth”
  • German: “Gennesaret”
  • German: “Harfenmeer”
  • German: “Harfensee”
  • German: “Kinereth-See”
  • German: “See Genesareth”
  • German: “See Genezareth”
  • German: “See von Galiläa”
  • German: “See von Tiberias”
  • German: “Yam Kinneret”
  • Greek: “Θάλασσα της Γαλιλαίας”
  • Greek: “Θάλασσα της Κιννέρετ”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Γεννησαρέτ”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη της Γεννησαρέτ”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη της Τιβεριάδας”
  • Hebrew: “אגם הכנרת”
  • Hebrew: “הכינרת”
  • Hebrew: “הכנרת ואזור ארץ כינרות”
  • Hebrew: “הכנרת”
  • Hebrew: “ים גינוסר”
  • Hebrew: “ים הגליל”
  • Hebrew: “ים הכנרת”
  • Hebrew: “ים טבריה”
  • Hebrew: “ים כינרת”
  • Hebrew: “ים כנרת”
  • Hebrew: “יָם כִּנְרֶת”
  • Hebrew: “ימת הכנרת”
  • Hebrew: “ימת כינרת”
  • Hebrew: “ימת כנרת”
  • Hebrew: “כינרת”
  • Hebrew: “כנרת”
  • Hebrew: “מפלס הכנרת”
  • Hindi: “गलील सागर”
  • Hungarian: “Galileai-tenger”
  • Hungarian: “Kineret-tó”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Galilea”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Tiberias”
  • Indonesian: “Genesaret”
  • Indonesian: “Laut Galilea”
  • Interlingua: “Laco de Tiberiade”
  • Interlingua: “Laco Tiberias”
  • Irish: “Muir na Gailíle”
  • Italian: “Genezareth”
  • Italian: “Lago di Galilea”
  • Italian: “Lago di Genesaret”
  • Italian: “Lago di Genezaret”
  • Italian: “Lago di Gennesaret”
  • Italian: “Lago di Kinneret”
  • Italian: “lago di Tiberiade”
  • Italian: “Lago di Tiberiade”
  • Italian: “Mar di Galilea”
  • Italian: “Mare di Galilea”
  • Italian: “Mare di Tiberiade”
  • Italian: “Regione del mare di Galilea”
  • Japanese: “ガリラヤ湖”
  • Japanese: “ガリレー湖”
  • Japanese: “ティベリアス湖”
  • Javanese: “Sagara Galiléa”
  • Javanese: “Segara Galiléa”
  • Kashubian: “Galilejsczé Jezoro”
  • Khmer: “សមុទ្រកាលីឡេ”
  • Korean: “갈릴라이아스 바다”
  • Korean: “갈릴래아호”
  • Korean: “갈릴리 바다”
  • Korean: “갈릴리 호수”
  • Korean: “갈릴리호”
  • Korean: “게네사렛 호수”
  • Korean: “킨네렛 호수”
  • Korean: “티베리아스 바다”
  • Kurdish: “Gola Celîlê”
  • Kurdish: “Gola Teberiyayê”
  • Ladino: “Kineret”
  • Ladino: “Kinneret”
  • Latin: “Mare Galilaeae”
  • Latvian: “Galilejas ezers”
  • Latvian: “Galilejas jūra”
  • Latvian: “Kinnerets”
  • Latvian: “Lake Galilee”
  • Latvian: “Lake Tiberias”
  • Latvian: “Sea of Galilee”
  • Latvian: “Ţabarīyā”
  • Latvian: “Tibērija ezers”
  • Latvian: “Yam Kinneret”
  • Lithuanian: “Galilėjos ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Genezaretas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kinereto ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Tiberiados ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Tiberijaus ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Tiberijos ežeras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Séi Genesareth”
  • Luxembourgish: “Séi Genezareth”
  • Macedonian: “Галилејско Езеро”
  • Macedonian: “Галилејско Море”
  • Malagasy: “Farihy Tiberiada”
  • Malay: “Laut Galilee”
  • Malay: “Tasik Tabariyah”
  • Malayalam: “Sea of Galilee”
  • Malayalam: “ഗലീലി കടൽ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ضاية طبريا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galileasjøen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Genesaretsjøen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gennesaretsjøen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tiberiassjøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Genesaretsjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Genesaretsjøen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lac de Tiberiàs”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܝܡܐ ܕܓܠܝܠܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܝܡܐ ܕܟܢܪܬ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܝܡܬܐ ܕܓܠܝܠܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܝܡܬܐ ܕܛܒܪܝܘܣ”
  • Persian: “درياچه جليل”
  • Persian: “درياچه طبريه”
  • Persian: “درياچهٔ طبريه”
  • Persian: “درياچه كينرت”
  • Persian: “دریاچه جلیل”
  • Persian: “دریاچهٔ جلیل”
  • Persian: “دریاچه طبریه”
  • Persian: “دریاچهٔ طبریه”
  • Persian: “دریاچه کینرت”
  • Persian: “دریاچهٔ کینرت”
  • Polish: “Genezaret”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Galilejskie”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Genezaret”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Tyberiadzkie”
  • Polish: “Morze Tyberiadzkie”
  • Portuguese: “Lago de genesaré”
  • Portuguese: “Lago de tiberíades”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Genesaré”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Tiberíades”
  • Portuguese: “Mar da Galileia”
  • Portuguese: “Mar da Galiléia”
  • Portuguese: “Mar de Tiberíades”
  • Pushto: “طبريه سمندرګی”
  • Romanian: “Lacul tiberiada”
  • Romanian: “Marea Galileei”
  • Romanian: “Marea Galileii”
  • Russian: “Бахр-Табария”
  • Russian: “Галилейское море”
  • Russian: “Галилейское озеро”
  • Russian: “Генисаретское озеро”
  • Russian: “Геннисаретское озеро”
  • Russian: “Кинерет”
  • Russian: “Киннереф”
  • Russian: “Озеро Кинерет”
  • Russian: “Тивериадское море”
  • Russian: “Тивериадское озеро”
  • Russian: “Тиверианское море”
  • Russian: “Хиннерефское озеро”
  • Scots: “Sea o Galilee”
  • Serbian: “Galilejsko jezero”
  • Serbian: “Галилејско језеро”
  • Serbian: “Галилејско море”
  • Serbian: “Тиберијско језеро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Galilejsko jezero”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Galilejsko more”
  • Sicilian: “Lacu di Tibberiadi”
  • Sicilian: “Lacu di Tibbirìati”
  • Slovak: “Galilejské jazero”
  • Slovak: “Galilejské more”
  • Slovak: “Genazaretské jazero”
  • Slovak: “Genazaretské more”
  • Slovak: “Kineretské jazero”
  • Slovak: “Kineretské more”
  • Slovak: “Tiberiadske jazero”
  • Slovenian: “Galilejsko jezero”
  • Slovenian: “Galilejsko morje”
  • Slovenian: “Genezareško jezero”
  • Slovenian: “Tiberijsko jezero”
  • Spanish: “Kineret”
  • Spanish: “Kinéret”
  • Spanish: “lago de Genesaret”
  • Spanish: “Lago de Genesaret”
  • Spanish: “lago de Tiberiades”
  • Spanish: “lago de Tiberíades”
  • Spanish: “Lago de Tiberíades”
  • Spanish: “lago Genesaret”
  • Spanish: “lago Tiberiades”
  • Spanish: “lago Tiberíades”
  • Spanish: “Mar de Cineret”
  • Spanish: “mar de Galilea”
  • Spanish: “Mar de Galilea”
  • Spanish: “mar de Tiberiades”
  • Spanish: “mar de Tiberíades”
  • Spanish: “Mar de Tiberíades”
  • Spanish: “mar de Tiberias”
  • Spanish: “mar del Kineret”
  • Swahili: “Ziwa Galilaya”
  • Swedish: “Galileiska havet”
  • Swedish: “Galileiska sjön”
  • Swedish: “Genesarets sjö”
  • Swedish: “Gennesarets sjö”
  • Swedish: “Gennesaretsjön”
  • Swedish: “Kinneretsjön”
  • Swedish: “Tiberias hav”
  • Swedish: “Tiberias sjö”
  • Swedish: “Tiberiassjön”
  • Tagalog: “Dagat ng Galilea”
  • Tamil: “கலிலேயக் கடல்”
  • Tamil: “கெனசரேத்து ஏரி”
  • Tamil: “திபேரியக் கடல்”
  • Tatar: “Тибериа күле”
  • Thai: “ทะเลกาลิลี”
  • Turkish: “Celile Denizi”
  • Turkish: “Celile Gölü”
  • Turkish: “Kinneret Gölü”
  • Turkish: “Taberiye Gölü”
  • Turkish: “Tiberya Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Бахр-Табарія”
  • Ukrainian: “Галілейське море”
  • Ukrainian: “Генезаретське озеро”
  • Ukrainian: “Генисаретське озеро”
  • Ukrainian: “Генісарет”
  • Ukrainian: “Генісаретське озеро”
  • Ukrainian: “Кинерет”
  • Ukrainian: “Кінерет”
  • Ukrainian: “Тиверіадське озеро”
  • Urdu: “بحیرہ طبريہ”
  • Urdu: “بحیرہ طبریہ”
  • Uzbek: “Tabariya koʻli”
  • Venetian: “Lago de Tiberiade”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển Galilee”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển hồ Galilee”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dagat han Galilea”
  • Welsh: “Môr Galilea”
  • Western Armenian: “Կալիլէայի ծովը”
  • Western Frisian: “Mar fan Galilea”
  • Western Frisian: “Mar fan Kinneret”
  • Western Frisian: “Mar fan Tibearias”
  • Western Frisian: “Mar fan Tiberias”
  • Western Panjabi: “بحیرہ طبريہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “جھیل طبریہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “加利利海”
  • Yiddish: “ים כנרת”
  • Yiddish: “כנרת”
  • Yiddish: “קינערעט”
  • Yue Chinese: “加利利海”

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