Solar Lake
Solar Lake is a saline desert lake located on the edge of the Red Sea, about 18 km south of Eilat in the Sinai Peninsula, Taba, Egypt, close to its borders with Israel.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taba.
Taba
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Taba, in the eastern Sinai peninsula of Egypt, is on the border with Israel, close to the city and airport of Eilat. The area within one km of the border is a duty-free zone with a couple of large resort hotels, a few shops, the bus station and other amenities.
Solar Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Description: seasonal lake in Egypt
- Category: salt lake
- Location: South Sinai, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.42236° or 29° 25′ 21″ northLongitude
34.82997° or 34° 49′ 48″ eastOpen location code
7GXPCRCH+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 99878281OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q2298375
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Solar Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بركة الشمس”
- French: “lac Solaire”
- French: “Lac solaire”
- French: “Lac Solaire”
- German: “Birkat asch-Schams”
- German: “Solar Lake”
- Hebrew: “אגם שמש”
- Hungarian: “Birkat as-Samsz”
- Hungarian: “Nap-tó”
- Portuguese: “Lago Solar”
- Russian: “Солар-Лейк”
- Russian: “Соляр”
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