Lac de Gafsa

Lac de Gafsa, also called 'Mysterious Lake', appeared unexpectedly in 2014 alongside Om Laryes Road, 25 kilometers from the town of in . The origin or formation of the lake is not clear.
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Latitude
34.41476° or 34° 24′ 53″ north
Longitude
8.49949° or 8° 29′ 58″ east
Open location code
8F6CCF7X+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 296607148
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Wiki­data ID
Q17481016

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Lac de Gafsa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة قفصة”
  • Bulgarian: “Гафса”
  • Burmese: “လက်ဒီဂက်ဖဆာ”
  • French: “Lac de Gafsa”
  • German: “Gafsa-See”
  • Hausa: “Tafkin Gafsa”
  • Italian: “Lago di Gafsa”
  • Portuguese: “Lago de Gafsa”
  • Somali: “Harada Gafsa”
  • Venetian: “lago de Gafsa”

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