Lake Awasa
- Area
- 94 km²
- Max depth
- 22 m
- Tonight
- 17°CClear · Wind 19 km/h NE
Lake Awasa is a lake at 1,682 m above sea level in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia, 94 km² in area and 16.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,682 m
- Length
- 16.0 km
- Shoreline
- 49.5 km
Lake Awasa in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 49.5 km
Lake Awasa 3D map
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Lake Awasa terrain and contours
20 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.
Lake Awasa elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Awasa weather
Tonight · Clear · 17°C (63°F) · Wind 19 km/h NE
Lake Awasa forecast for about 1,682 m.
- Tonight17°–19 km/h NE
- Today17°27°3.1 mm21 km/h N
- Sun17°26°2.4 mm18 km/h NE
- Mon17°25°16.3 mm17 km/h NE
- Tue16°22°23.5 mm10 km/h NE
- Wed16°23°1.1 mm15 km/h N
- Thu15°25°–14 km/h NE
- Fri16°26°–7 km/h NE
- Sat16°25°–8 km/h N
- Sun17°26°–14 km/h NE
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Awasa
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Awasa, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.8 km E
Nearest campsite
kiray beti
Nearest caravan site
Adenium
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.8 km E |
| Parking | 3.3 km E |
| Parking | 5.6 km ESE |
| kiray betiCampsite | 5.8 km E |
| AdeniumCaravan site | 6.3 km ENE |
Slope
Share of the 18 × 18 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.3% of the 324 km² view
- Relief in view
- 344 m low point 1,677 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.0 km; 270 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Marabou Stork83
- Grivet Monkey69
- Mantled Guereza60
- Hamerkop58
- Malachite Kingfisher58
- African Jacana55
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-07)
- 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)