Lake Peipus
Lake Peipus is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the international border between Estonia and Russia. The lake is the fifth-largest in Europe after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega, Lake Vänern, and Lake Saimaa.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Estonia and Russia, including Lake Pihkva
- Also known as: “Chudskoye Ozero”, “Čudsko-Pskovsko jezero”, “Čudsko-Pskovskoe ozero”, “Ĉudskoje”, “Danau Peipus”, “Jezioro Czudzkie”, “Jezioro Pejpus”, “Lac des Tchoudes”, “Lac Peipous”, “Lac Peipsi”, “Lac Peipus”, “Lacus Peibus”, “Lacus Pelba”, “Lago Ĉudskoje”, “Lago dei Čudi”, “Lago Peipsi”, “Lake Peipsi”, “Lake Peipsi-Pihkva”, “Lake Peipus-Pskov”, “llac Peipus”, “Ozero Chud‘”, “Ozero Chudskoe”, “Peipaus ežeras”, “Peipaus Ežeras”, “Peipaus Pskovo ežeras”, “Peipsenjärvi”, “Peipsi Gölü”, “Peipsi Järv”, “Peipsi-Pihkva”, “Peipsijärv”, “Peipsimeer”, “Peipsisjøen”, “Peipus Ezers”, “Peipus-Pszkovi-tó”, “Peipus-See”, “Peipus-Séi”, “Peipuso ežeras”, “Peipussjøen”, “Peipussjön”, “Peypsi-Yarv”, “Peypus Ozero”, “Pleskauer See”, “Pskovsjøen”, “Pskovské jazero”, “Tasik Peipsi”, “Tjudsjön”, “Tjudskoje ozero”, “Tsjudsko-Pskovskoje ozero”, “Tsjudskoje”, “Tsjudskoje ozero”, “Гдовское озеро”, “Пеипус”, “Пейпси”, “Псковско езеро”, “Псковско језеро”, “Псковско-чудско Езеро”, “Псковское море”, “Псковское-Чудское озеро”, “Пэйпсі”, “Пэйпсі-Піхква”, “Чудско езеро”, “Чудско Езеро”, “Чудско језеро”, “Чудско-псковское озеро”, “Чудское озеро”, “Чудське озеро”, “Чудське-Псковське озеро”, “პსკოვის ტბა”, “ჩუდის ტბა”, “ჩუდო-პსკოვის ტბა”, “ჩუდო-ფსკოვის ტბა”, “אגם פסקוב”, “추드스코예 호”, “チュド湖”, “ペイプス湖”, “佩普西湖”, “普斯科夫-楚德湖”, and “楚德-普斯科夫湖”
Lake Peipus
- Categories: lake system and body of water
- Location: Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
58.75° or 58° 45′ north
Longitude
27.5° or 27° 30′ east
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
9GC9QG22+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Peipus” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Peipusmeer”
- Albanian: “Liqeni Peipsi”
- Arabic: “بحيرة بيبوس”
- Asturian: “Llagu Peipus”
- Bashkir: “Чуд-Псков күле”
- Basque: “Peipus”
- Belarusian: “Чудзка-Пскоўскае возера”
- Belarusian: “Чудска-Пскоўскае возера”
- Breton: “Lenn Peipsi”
- Bulgarian: “Чудско-Псковско езеро”
- Catalan: “Peipus”
- Cebuano: “Lake Peipus”
- Chinese: “佩普西-皮赫克瓦湖”
- Chinese: “楚德湖”
- Chuvash: “Псков-Чудь кӳлли”
- Croatian: “Čudsko-pskovsko jezero”
- Czech: “Čudské jezero”
- Czech: “Čudsko-pskovské jezero”
- Danish: “Peipus”
- Dutch: “Peipusmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره بيبوس”
- Esperanto: “Peipsi”
- Estonian: “Peipsi järv”
- Estonian: “Peipsi-Pihkva järv”
- Fiji Hindi: “Peipus Talaab”
- Finnish: “Peipsijärvi”
- French: “lac Peïpous”
- French: “Lac Peïpous”
- Galician: “Lago Peipus”
- Georgian: “ჩუდ-ფსკოვის ტბა”
- German: “Peipussee”
- German: “Pskower-und-Tschuden-See”
- Greek: “Πέιπους”
- Hebrew: “אגם פייפסי”
- Hungarian: “Peipus-tó”
- Hungarian: “Pszkovi-Csúd tórendszer”
- Indonesian: “Danau Peipsi”
- Irish: “Loch Peipus”
- Italian: “lago dei Ciudi”
- Italian: “Lago dei Ciudi”
- Japanese: “ペイプシ湖”
- Korean: “페이푸스 호”
- Korean: “페이푸스호”
- Latin: “Lacus Peipus”
- Latvian: “Peipusa ezers”
- Latvian: “Peipusa-Pleskavas ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Peipaus-Pskovo ežeras”
- Luxembourgish: “Peipusséi”
- Macedonian: “Пејпус”
- Macedonian: “Чудско-псковско Езеро”
- Malay: “Tasik Peipus”
- Maltese: “Għadir Peipus”
- Mingrelian: “პეიპუსი”
- Northern Frisian: “Peipus Sia”
- Northern Frisian: “Peipus-Sia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Peipus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peipus”
- Norwegian: “Peipus”
- Persian: “دریاچه پیپوس”
- Polish: “Pejpus”
- Portuguese: “Lago Peipus”
- Romanian: “Lacul Peipus”
- Russian: “Псковско-Чудское озеро”
- Russian: “Чудско-Псковское озеро”
- Scots: “Loch Peipus”
- Serbian: “Језеро Пеипус”
- Serbian: “Чудско-псковско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Čudsko-pskovsko jezero”
- Slovak: “Čudské jazero”
- Slovenian: “Čudsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago Peipus”
- Spanish: “Peipus”
- Swahili: “Ziwa Peipus”
- Swedish: “Peipus”
- Swiss German: “Peipussee”
- Tatar: “Чудь-Псков күле”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบไปปัส”
- Turkish: “Peipus Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Пейпус”
- Ukrainian: “Чудсько-Псковське озеро”
- Upper Sorbian: “Peipuski jězor”
- Uzbek: “Chud-pskov koʻli”
- Uzbek: “Chud-Pskov koʻli”
- Venetian: “lago dei Ciudi”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Peipus”
- Waray (Philippines): “Danaw Peipus”
- Welsh: “Llyn Peipus”
- Wu Chinese: “楚德湖”
- Yue Chinese: “楚德湖”
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