🌊 Fernan Vaz Lagoon

Gabon · Africa · 1.51°S, 9.21°E

Fernan Vaz Lagoon is a large lagoon on the Atlantic coast of Gabon. It is named for Fernão Vaz, the first European to reach it, and is known its wildlife and for the church at Mission Saint Anne, built in 1889 by Gustav Eiffel. The main settlement on the lagoon's shore is Omboué.

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Quick facts

Country	Gabon
Continent / region	Africa
Surface elevation	unknown
Coordinates (approx.)	1.51°S, 9.21°E · view on map

Fernan Vaz Lagoon in Gabon, in Africa. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Surface elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.