Landscapes & nature
Lake Magadi
lake in Kajiado County, Kenya
Kenya · -1.8667, 36.2667
Lake Magadi is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Lake Magadi as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Named here by Lake Magadi’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Lake Magadi, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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“The lake is featured in Fernando Meirelles's film The Constant Gardener, which is based on the book of the same name by John le Carré, and is used as a stand-in for Lake Turkana in the north of Kenya, where the book and film are set.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Lake Magadi?
3 productions are recorded as filmed at Lake Magadi, including The Constant Gardener (2005), Quest for Fire (1981) and Baraka (1992). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Lake Magadi?
The Constant Gardener (2005), covered by 44 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Lake Magadi?
Lake Magadi is in Kenya. Its coordinates are -1.8667, 36.2667.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Bogoria at English Wikipedia, Public domain.