Turtle Lake
Turtle Lake is a lake and a fountain surrounded by a traffic roundabout officially known as International Square in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.- Type: Body of water
- Description: Roundabout in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Also known as: “Chiến Sĩ Square”, “Công trường Chiến Sĩ”, “Công trường Quốc Tế”, “Công trường Thống chế Joffre”, “Hồ Con Rùa”, “Place du Maréchal Joffre”, “Place du Monument aux morts”, and “Quốc Tế Square”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral and War Remnants Museum.
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral
Church
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon, officially the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is a cathedral located in the Saigon ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral is situated 470 metres southeast of Turtle Lake.
War Remnants Museum
Museum
The War Remnants Museum is a war museum at 28 Võ Văn Tần Street, Xuân Hòa, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It contains exhibits relating to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War. War Remnants Museum is situated 550 metres southwest of Turtle Lake.
Independence Palace
The Independence Palace, also publicly and officially known as the Reunification Convention Hall or simply Reunification Hall, is a historic landmark and government-owned public hall in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Independence Palace is situated 630 metres south of Turtle Lake.Turtle Lake
- Categories: square, roundabout, and fountain
- Location: Quận Ba, Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
10.78264° or 10° 46′ 58″ north
Longitude
106.69595° or 106° 41′ 45″ east
Open location code
7P28QMMW+39
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountain
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Turtle Lake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “龟湖”
- German: “Hồ Con Rùa”
- Russian: “Черепашье озеро”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Con Rùa”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Southern Center for Education and Training Development and Cục Công tác phía Nam - Bộ Công thương.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Turtle Lake and Cà Phê Phindeli.
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