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Lake Peipus

Lake Peipus is the largest trans-boundary lake in , lying on the international border between and . The lake is the fifth-largest in Europe after and , , and Lake Saimaa.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Estonia and Russia, including Lake Pihkva
  • Also known as: “Chudskoye Ozero”, “Lake Peipsi”, “Lake Peipsi-Pihkva”, “Lake Peipus-Pskov”, “Ozero Chud‘”, “Ozero Chudskoe”, “Peipaus Ežeras”, “Peipus”, “Peipus Ezers”, “Peypsi-Yarv”, and “Peypus Ozero”

Lake Peipus

Latitude
58.75° or 58° 45′ north
Longitude
27.5° or 27° 30′ east
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
9GC9QG22+22
Geo­Names ID
453737
Wiki­data ID
Q19253
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Peipus from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

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: “Пэйпсі-Піхква”
  • Belarusian: “Пэйпсі”
  • Belarusian: “Чудзка-Пскоўскае возера”
  • Belarusian: “Чудска-Пскоўскае возера”
  • Breton: “Lenn Peipsi”
  • Bulgarian: “Пейпси”
  • Bulgarian: “Пейпус”
  • Bulgarian: “Псковско езеро”
  • Bulgarian: “Чудско езеро”
  • Bulgarian: “Чудско-Псковско езеро”
  • Catalan: “llac Peipus”
  • Catalan: “Peipus”
  • Cebuano: “Lake Peipus”
  • Chinese: “佩普西-皮赫克瓦湖”
  • Chinese: “佩普西湖”
  • Chinese: “普斯科夫-楚德湖”
  • Chinese: “楚德-普斯科夫湖”
  • Chinese: “楚德湖”
  • Chuvash: “Псков-Чудь кӳлли”
  • Croatian: “Čudsko-pskovsko jezero”
  • Czech: “Čudské jezero”
  • Czech: “Čudsko-pskovské jezero”
  • Danish: “Peipus”
  • Dutch: “Peipsimeer”
  • Dutch: “Peipusmeer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره بيبوس”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉudskoje”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Ĉudskoje”
  • Esperanto: “Peipsi”
  • Estonian: “Peipsi järv”
  • Estonian: “Peipsi-Pihkva järv”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Peipus Talaab”
  • Finnish: “Peipsenjärvi”
  • Finnish: “Peipsi järv”
  • Finnish: “Peipsijärvi”
  • French: “Lac des Tchoudes”
  • French: “Lac Peipous”
  • French: “lac Peïpous”
  • French: “Lac Peïpous”
  • French: “Lac Peipsi”
  • French: “Lac Peipus”
  • Galician: “Lago Peipus”
  • Georgian: “პსკოვის ტბა”
  • Georgian: “ჩუდ-ფსკოვის ტბა”
  • Georgian: “ჩუდის ტბა”
  • Georgian: “ჩუდო-პსკოვის ტბა”
  • Georgian: “ჩუდო-ფსკოვის ტბა”
  • German: “Peipsi järv”
  • German: “Peipsijärv”
  • German: “Peipus-See”
  • German: “Peipussee”
  • German: “Pleskauer See”
  • German: “Pskower-und-Tschuden-See”
  • Greek: “Πέιπους”
  • Hebrew: “אגם פייפסי”
  • Hebrew: “אגם פסקוב”
  • Hungarian: “Peipus-Pszkovi-tó”
  • Hungarian: “Peipus-tó”
  • Hungarian: “Pszkovi-Csúd tórendszer”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Peipsi”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Peipus”
  • Irish: “Loch Peipus”
  • Italian: “lago dei Ciudi”
  • Italian: “Lago dei Ciudi”
  • Italian: “Lago dei Čudi”
  • Italian: “Lago Peipus”
  • Italian: “Peipsi Järv”
  • Italian: “Peipus”
  • Japanese: “チュド湖”
  • Japanese: “ペイプシ湖”
  • Japanese: “ペイプス湖”
  • Korean: “추드스코예 호”
  • Korean: “페이푸스 호”
  • Korean: “페이푸스호”
  • Latin: “Lacus Peibus”
  • Latin: “Lacus Peipus”
  • Latin: “Lacus Pelba”
  • Latvian: “Čudsko-Pskovskoe ozero”
  • Latvian: “Peipsi-Pihkva järv”
  • Latvian: “Peipusa ezers”
  • Latvian: “Peipusa-Pleskavas ezers”
  • Latvian: “Чудско-Псковское озеро”
  • Lithuanian: “Peipaus ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Peipaus Pskovo ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Peipaus-Pskovo ežeras”
  • Lithuanian: “Peipus”
  • Lithuanian: “Peipuso ežeras”
  • Macedonian: “Пејпус”
  • Macedonian: “Псковско-чудско Езеро”
  • Macedonian: “Чудско Езеро”
  • Macedonian: “Чудско-псковско Езеро”
  • Maltese: “Għadir Peipus”
  • Mingrelian: “პეიპუსი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Peipus Sia”
  • Northern Frisian: “Peipus-Sia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peipsi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peipsijärv”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peipsisjøen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peipus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peipussjøen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pskovsjøen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tsjudskoje”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peipsi järv”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peipsi-Pihkva järv”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peipsi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peipus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tsjudsko-Pskovskoje ozero”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tsjudskoje ozero”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Чудско-Псковское озеро”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Чудское озеро”
  • Norwegian: “Peipus”
  • Persian: “دریاچه پیپوس”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Czudzkie”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Pejpus”
  • Polish: “Peipus”
  • Polish: “Pejpus”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Peipsi”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Peipus”
  • Romanian: “Lacul Peipus”
  • Russian: “Гдовское озеро”
  • Russian: “Пейпси”
  • Russian: “Пейпус”
  • Russian: “Псковско-Чудское озеро”
  • Russian: “Псковское море”
  • Russian: “Псковское-Чудское озеро”
  • Russian: “Чудско-псковское озеро”
  • Russian: “Чудско-Псковское озеро”
  • Scots: “Loch Peipus”
  • Serbian: “Језеро Пеипус”
  • Serbian: “Пеипус”
  • Serbian: “Псковско језеро”
  • Serbian: “Чудско језеро”
  • Serbian: “Чудско-псковско језеро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Čudsko-pskovsko jezero”
  • Slovak: “Čudské jazero”
  • Slovak: “Pskovské jazero”
  • Slovenian: “Čudsko jezero”
  • Slovenian: “Čudsko-Pskovsko jezero”
  • Slovenian: “Peipsi”
  • Slovenian: “Peipus”
  • Spanish: “Lago Peipus”
  • Spanish: “Peipus”
  • Swahili: “Ziwa Peipus”
  • Swedish: “Peipsi järv”
  • Swedish: “Peipus”
  • Swedish: “Peipussee”
  • Swedish: “Peipussjön”
  • Swedish: “Tjudsjön”
  • Swedish: “Tjudskoje ozero”
  • Swiss German: “Peipussee”
  • Tatar: “Чудь-Псков күле”
  • Thai: “Lake Peipus”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบไปปัส”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Peipussee”
  • Turkish: “Peipsi Gölü”
  • Turkish: “Peipsi-Pihkva”
  • Turkish: “Peipus Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Пейпус”
  • Ukrainian: “Чудське озеро”
  • Ukrainian: “Чудське-Псковське озеро”
  • 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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