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Turkana, Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115717
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85115717#concept

Codes

f-ke---
f-et---

Variants

Aman Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Anam Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Bas Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Baso Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Basso Narok (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Basso Norok (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Fuchich (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Gulanabol (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Galanaboy (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Gallop Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Gullopp (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Lago Rodolfo (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Lake Rudolf (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Lake Turkana (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Rudolf, Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Rudolph Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)
yeRudolf Bahir (Kenya and Ethiopia)

Broader Terms

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Lake Turkana Label from public data source Wikidata
Turkana, Lac (Kenya)

Broader Concepts from Other Schemes

Africa--Lake Turkana Region

Earlier Established Forms

Rudolf, Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)

Sources

found: GeoNet, Sept. 21, 2015:(Lake Turkana, lake in Kenya and Ethiopia (approved: Kenya); Rudolf Hāykʾ (approved: Ethiopia); variants: Aman, Anam, Bas, Baso, Basso, Basso Narok, Basso Norok, Fuchich, Galanabol, Galanaboy, Gallop, Gullopp, Lago Rodolfo, Lake Rudolf, Rudolph, yeRudolf Bahir; 03°30ʹ00ʺN, 036°00ʹ00ʺE; other features in Kenya and Ethiopia also named Aman, Anam, Bas, Baso, Basso, )

found: Columbia gazetteer online, Sept. 21, 2015:Turkana, Lake (lake in Kenya and Ethiopia)

found: Merriam Webster online, Sept. 21, 2015:Turkana, Lake (lake in northern Kenya in the Great Rift Valley; aka Lake Rudolf)

found: Britannica online, Sept. 21, 2015:Lake Rudolf (aka Lake Turkana; lies mainly in northern Kenya, with its northern end stretching into Ethiopia)

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Change Notes

1986-02-11: new
2015-12-04: revised

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