Lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley lakes, located at an elevation of 1,754 m above sea level. It lies to the south of , in the rift valley of and is protected by Lake Nakuru National Park.
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  • Lake
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,755 metres (5,758 feet)
  • Description: soda lake

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Nakuru National Park.
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is one of ’s two Premium Parks, and is a birdlover’s paradise.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nakuru.
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, sometimes referred to as City, is the…

Lake Nakuru

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Latitude
-0.36308° or 0° 21′ 47″ south
Longitude
36.08854° or 36° 5′ 19″ east
Open location code
6GFRJ3PQ+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 16867395
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
184621
Wiki­data ID
Q849508

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Lake Nakuru” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة ناكورو”
  • Belarusian: “Накуру”
  • Bhojpuri: “नाकुरू झील”
  • Burmese: “နကုရုကန်”
  • Catalan: “llac Nakuru”
  • Catalan: “Llac Nakuru”
  • Cebuano: “Lake Nakuru”
  • Chinese: “納庫魯湖”
  • Chinese: “纳库鲁湖”
  • Chinese: “纳库鲁湖国家公园”
  • Chuvash: “Накуру”
  • Croatian: “Jezero Nakuru”
  • Croatian: “Nakuru”
  • Czech: “Jezero Nakuru”
  • Czech: “Nakuru”
  • Danish: “Lake Nakuru”
  • Danish: “Nakurusøen”
  • Dutch: “Lake Nakuru”
  • Dutch: “Nakurumeer”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Nakuru”
  • Finnish: “Nakurujärven kansallispuisto”
  • Finnish: “Nakurujärvi”
  • French: “lac Nakuru”
  • French: “Lac Nakuru”
  • French: “Parc national du lac Nakuru”
  • Georgian: “ნაკურუ”
  • Georgian: “ნაკურუს ტბა”
  • German: “Lake Nakuru”
  • German: “Nakuru-See”
  • German: “Nakurusee”
  • Hausa: “Tafkin Nakuru”
  • Hebrew: “אגם נקורו”
  • Iban: “Danau Nakuru”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Nakuru”
  • Italian: “lago Nakuru”
  • Italian: “Lago Nakuru”
  • Italian: “Nakuru”
  • Japanese: “ナクル湖”
  • Japanese: “ナクル湖国立公園”
  • Kazakh: “Накуру көлі”
  • Korean: “나쿠루호”
  • Latvian: “Nakuru ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Nakuru”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake Nakuru”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nakurusjøen”
  • Norwegian: “Nakurusjøen”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਕੁਰੂ ਝੀਲ”
  • Persian: “دریاچه ناکورو”
  • Polish: “Nakuru”
  • Russian: “Накуру”
  • Serbian: “Накуру”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nakuru”
  • Somali: “Harada Nakuru”
  • Spanish: “Lago Nakuru”
  • Swahili: “Lake nakuru”
  • Swahili: “Ziwa Nakuru”
  • Swedish: “Lake Nakuru National Park”
  • Swedish: “Nakuru National Park”
  • Swedish: “Nakurusjön”
  • Swedish: “Nakurusjöns nationalpark”
  • Thai: “อุทยานแห่งชาติทะเลสาบนากูรู”
  • Ukrainian: “Накуру”
  • Ukrainian: “Озеро Накуру”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Nakuru”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Nakuru”
  • Western Panjabi: “جھیل ناکورو نیشنل پارک”
  • Western Panjabi: “جھیل ناکورو”

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