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  Location Afar Depression
  Basin Countries Eritrea, Ethiopia


Lake Afrera is a Lake in northern Ethiopia . Located in the Administrative Zone 2 , it is one of the lakes of the Afar Depression . According to its entry in Lakenet, it has a surface area of 100 square kilometers. Lake profile: Afrera ye'ch'ew (accessed 27 April 2007)

It is also known as Lake Giulietti, after the Italian explorer Giuseppe Maria Giulietti , who was slain by Afars near the location of the lake, although this body of water was not known to Europeans until long after his death in 1929 .


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