# Laacher See, Eifel, Germany · Place

> Laacher See, Eifel, Germany is a volcanic lake, placed to about 1 km.

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Place · volcanic lake

# Laacher See, Eifel, Germany

[50.4120° N, 7.2700° E]

Laacher See, Eifel, Germany is a volcanic lake, placed to about 1 km.

Wikidata's point for the lake, the crater of the eruption that Reinig and colleagues dated to about 130 years before the Younger Dryas onset.

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Placed to about 1 km

## Nearby within 500 km

[Krefeld-Gellep](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5Y5QE87E25/krefeld-gellep)

Roman fort and cemetery

110 km N

[ESA European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CWYE53J36KR/esa-european-space-operations-centre-darmstadt)

operations centre

114 km SE

[Tongeren](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5Y5PYM6KEC/tongeren)

Roman town (Atuatuca Tungrorum)

134 km W

[Kortessem, Limburg](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5Y5Q6E4QBF/kortessem-limburg)

findspot (ploughed field)

142 km W

[North-western provinces of the Roman Empire](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D5Y5PF05DTY/north-western-provinces-of-the-roman-empire)

region

168 km W

[Leuven (Louvain), Belgium](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4CC8FA50QB/leuven-louvain-belgium)

city

189 km W

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Laacher See, Eifel, Germany [Place PLC0D51X1FT1A31]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D51X1FT1A31
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Key

**PLC** 0D51X1FT1A31

Record

Place

Kind

Volcanic lake

Position

50.4120° N, 7.2700° E

Precision

About 1 km

Version

3

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