East Africa
Ethiopia
Afar Region

Gaet’ale Pond

Gaet'ale Pond is a small hypersaline lake located near the Dallol crater in the . It is located over a hot spring of tectonic origin and has no apparent inlet or outlet streams.
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  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: small lake in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
  • Also known as: “Arrath Lake”, “Gaet’ale Lake”, and “Yellow Lake”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Danakil Depression and Dallol.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The is a desert area in the Afar region of , north of the that is widely known locally as the Dallol depression.

Volcano
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a unique, terrestrial hydrothermal system around a cinder cone volcano in the , northeast of the in . is situated 4 km northwest of Gaet’ale Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dallol.

Locality
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a locality in the woreda of northern . Located in , in the Afar Depression, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of about 130 metres below sea level. is situated 4 km northwest of Gaet’ale Pond.

Gaet’ale Pond

Latitude
14.21352° or 14° 12′ 49″ north
Longitude
40.32132° or 40° 19′ 17″ east
Open location code
7H62687C+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 590304453
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Wiki­data ID
Q31347745
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gaet’ale Pond” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بركة غات ألي”
  • Armenian: “Գաետալե լիճ”
  • Bengali: “গেট’অ্যাল পুকুর”
  • Chinese: “嘎特嘞池”
  • Czech: “Gaet’ale”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Gaet’ale”
  • French: “Gaet’ale”
  • German: “Gaet’ale”
  • Italian: “Lago Gaet’ale”
  • Persian: “گیتاله پوند”
  • Persian: “گیتاله”
  • Portuguese: “Lagoa Gaet’ale”
  • Spanish: “Laguna de Gaet’ale”
  • Ukrainian: “Гает’але”
  • Vietnamese: “Ao Gaet’ale”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dalol Parking and Dallol.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gaet’ale Pond”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.