Lake Magadi (Ngorongoro)

Not to be confused with Lake Magadi or Lake Makgadikgadi.

Lake Magadi, also spelled Lake Magad, is a shallow soda lake in the southwest of the Ngorogoro crater in northeastern Tanzania, is often inhabited by thousands of mainly lesser flamingoes.[1] The lake's name comes from the word for salty in the Maasai language. It is 1730 metres above sea level.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. ^ "Lake Magadi crater lake, Arusha, Tanzania". tz.geoview.info. Retrieved 2022-05-18.

3°11′21″S 35°32′16″E / 3.18917°S 35.53778°E / -3.18917; 35.53778


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