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Gaet'ale Pond

-125 m-410 ft
Tonight
33°CPartly cloudy · Wind 23 km/h S

Gaet'ale Pond is a lake at -125 m above sea level in Afar Region, Ethiopia.

All facts
Surface elevation
-125 m
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Gaet'ale Pond 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Gaet'ale Pond terrain and contours

1 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 5 mShowing west → east through the centre

Gaet'ale Pond elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Gaet'ale Pond weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 33°C (91°F) · Wind 23 km/h S

Gaet'ale Pond forecast for about -125 m.

  • Tonight33°–23 km/h S
  • Today32°42°–31 km/h S
  • Sun31°42°–34 km/h SE
  • Mon31°41°–34 km/h S
  • Tue33°42°–33 km/h S
  • Wed31°42°–31 km/h S
  • Thu31°43°–31 km/h S
  • Fri31°43°–26 km/h S
  • Sat29°43°–19 km/h S
  • Sun30°42°–17 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Gaet'ale Pond

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Gaet'ale Pond, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking2.8 km NW
Salt Mountains ParkingParking3.7 km WNW
Parking3.9 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
100.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
9 m low point -126 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 100.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Gaet'ale Pond sits

Region
Afar Region7Ethiopia13Africa69
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Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-12-25)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia