Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park

Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is a in and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is home to one-half of the Mosi-oa-Tunya—"The Smoke that Thunders", known worldwide as —on the Zambezi River.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: national park of Zambia
  • Also known as: “Mosi Oa Tunya” and “Victoria Falls Trust”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Drift cemetery.

Cemetery
Photo: Talizman58, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a small burial site near the Zambezi river in modern-day . It includes the graves of early and visitors to nearby who died of causes such as malaria and is located in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Livingstone and Victoria Falls.

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is to what the town of Victoria Falls is to . Formerly known as Maramba, it was the capital of Zambia before it was moved to . is in the Southern Province of Zambia and is the tourist capital of the country.

Town
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, popularly known as Vic Falls, is a resort town and city in the province of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. It lies on the southern bank of the Zambezi River at the western end of themselves. is situated 6 km south of Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park.

Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park

Latitude
-17.87702° or 17° 52′ 37″ south
Longitude
25.81886° or 25° 49′ 8″ east
Elevation
898 metres (2,946 feet)
Open location code
5GJ74RF9+5G
Geo­Names ID
906001
Wiki­data ID
Q1323548
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Satellite Map

Discover Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Parque nacional de Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Cebuano: “Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park No. 17”
  • Chinese: “莫西奧圖尼亞國家公園”
  • Danish: “Mosi-oa-Tunya Nationalpark”
  • Dutch: “nationaal park Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal park Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Parko Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Finnish: “Mosi-oa-Tunyan kansallispuisto”
  • French: “parc national de Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • French: “Parc national de Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Galician: “Parque Nacional de Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • German: “Mosi-oa-Tunya-Nationalpark”
  • Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי מוסי אואה טוניה”
  • Italian: “Parco nazionale Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Japanese: “モシオア・トゥニャ国立公園”
  • Persian: “پارک ملی موسی وا تونیا”
  • Portuguese: “Parque Nacional de Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Russian: “Моси-Оа-Тунья (национальный парк)”
  • Russian: “Моси-Оа-Тунья”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalni park Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Spanish: “Parque nacional de Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Swahili: “Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Mosi-oa-Tunya”
  • Turkish: “Mosi-oa-Tunya Millî Parkı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мосі-оа-Тунья (національний парк)”
  • Ukrainian: “Мосі-оа-Тунья”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Riverside and Park View.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Canary Island and Lwaando Island.

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