Gaet’ale Pond
Gaet'ale Pond is a small hypersaline lake located near the Dallol crater in the Danakil Depression. It is located over a hot spring of tectonic origin and has no apparent inlet or outlet streams.
- 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.
Danakil Depression
The Danakil Depression is a desert area in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia, north of the Great Rift Valley that is widely known locally as the Dallol depression.
Dallol
Volcano
Dallol is a terrestrial hydrothermal system around a cinder cone volcano in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It is known for its unearthly colors and mineral patterns, and the very acidic fluids, commonly noted as some of the most acidic on Earth, that discharge from its hydrothermal springs. Dallol is situated 4 km northwest of Gaet’ale Pond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dallol.
Dallol
Locality
Dallol is a locality in the Dallol woreda of northern Ethiopia. Located in Kilbet Rasu, Afar Region, in the Afar Depression, it has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of about 130 metres below sea level. Dallol is situated 4 km northwest of Gaet’ale Pond.
Gaet’ale Pond
- Category: hypersaline lake
- Location: Afar Region, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.21352° or 14° 12′ 49″ north
Longitude
40.32132° or 40° 19′ 17″ east
Open location code
7H62687C+CG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gaet’ale Pond” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بركة غات ألي”
- Arabic: “بركة غايتالي”
- 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”
- Hausa: “Gaet’ale Pond”
- Italian: “Lago Gaet’ale”
- Persian: “گیتاله پوند”
- Persian: “گیتاله”
- Portuguese: “Lagoa Gaet’ale”
- Russian: “Гаэтале”
- Somali: “Balliga Gaet’ale”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Gaet’ale”
- Tswana: “Lekadiba la Gaet’ale”
- Ukrainian: “Гает’але”
- Vietnamese: “Ao Gaet’ale”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dalol Parking and Dallol.
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