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.Photo: P4ntt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: Roundabout in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Also known as: “Chiến Sĩ Square”, “Hồ Con Rùa”, “Place du Maréchal Joffre”, and “Quốc Tế Square”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include War Remnants Museum and Independence Palace.
War Remnants Museum
Museum
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Balon Greyjoy, CC0.
The Independence Palace, also publicly and officially known as the Reunification Convention Hall or simply Reunification Hall, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Independence Palace is situated 630 metres south of Turtle Lake.
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon is situated 470 metres southeast of Turtle Lake.
Turtle Lake
- Categories: square, roundabout, and fountain
- Location: Quận Ba, Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.78264° or 10° 46′ 58″ northLongitude
106.69595° or 106° 41′ 45″ eastOpen location code
7P28QMMW+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 465070593OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q10771949
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Turtle Lake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “龟湖”
- French: “Place du Maréchal Joffre”
- French: “Place du Monument aux morts”
- German: “Hồ Con Rùa”
- Russian: “Черепашье озеро”
- Vietnamese: “Công trường Chiến Sĩ”
- Vietnamese: “Công trường Quốc Tế”
- Vietnamese: “Công trường Thống chế Joffre”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Con Rùa”
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