List of lakes named after people
- List of lakes named after people
This is a list of lakes named after people. It details the name of the lake or reservoir, its location and eponym.
Former names
*Hitlersee - now Jezioro Turawskie (Lake Turawskie), Poland
*Lake Margherita - now Lake Abaya, Ethiopia - named after Margherita of Savoy, wife of King Umberto I of Italy
*Lake Rudolf - now Lake Turkana, Ethiopia - named after Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
ee also
*List of eponyms
*List of places named after people
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