{{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Hammar | image = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = | coords = {{coord|30|46|0|N|47|3|0|E|region:IQ|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Iraq | type = saline lake | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = Iraq | length = | width = | area = {{convert|600|-|1,350|km2|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = *{{convert|1.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} (winter) <br> *{{convert|3.0|m|ft|abbr=on}} (spring) | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | cities = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }} '''Lake Hammar''' ({{langx|ar|هور الحمّار}}, {{Transliteration|ar|''Hawr al-Ḥammār''}}) is a saline lake in southeastern part of Iraq within the Hammar Marshes.<ref>[http://www.edenagain.org/photogal11.html Hammar Marshland information]</ref> It has an area of 600–1,350 km<sup>2</sup>. Water level in the lake fluctuates, with maximum depths varying from 1.8 metres (winter) to 3.0 metres (spring). The lake is an important wetland site for birds.<ref>[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=8059&m=0 BirdLife Factsheet: Haur Al Hammar].</ref> The native inhabitants are Marsh Arabs, some of whom occupy villages on artificial, floating islands.
Hammar Lacus, a feature on Titan, the moon of Saturn, is named after Hammar Lake.<ref>[https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/nomenclature/SearchResults;jsessionid=E81AB6F6B9239143FF18965C293DC5CF Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature] at IAU.</ref>
Lake Hammar is featured in the 2024 videogame Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
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