Lake Bardawil (Arabic: بحيرة البردويل, romanized: Buḥayrat al-Bardawīl or سبخة البردويل Sabḵat al-Bardawīl), is a large, very saline lagoon nearby the protected area of Zaranik (also known for diversities of insects[2] and waterbirds[3][4]) in Egypt on the north coast of the Sinai Peninsula.

Six threatened species of flora exist at Lake Bardawil, including Iris mariae.

[11] Within IUCN Red Data Book of 2006 are 6 threatened plant species which are found near the Lake, these include Astragalus camelorum, Bellevalia salah-eidii, Biorum oliveri, Iris mariae, Lobularia arabica and Salsola tetragona.

[16] Based in Jerusalem, Baldwin raided Egypt in order to secure his kingdom.

[16] During the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I, Allied soldiers of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles tried to cut a canal from the sea to the western end of Lake Bardawil in order to flood it and prevent forces of the Central Powers attacking Romani from the north, but they were unsuccessful.