Mahakam River
The Mahakam River is the third longest river in Borneo after the Kapuas River and the Barito River, and is located in East Kalimantan province of Indonesia.
- Type: Watercourse
- Description: river in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Koetai-rivier”, “Kutai”, “Kutei River”, “River Mahakam”, “Soengai Koetei”, “Sungai Kutai”, and “Sungei Kutei”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sanga-Sanga Muara and Sungai Meriam.
Mahakam River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: East Kalimantan, Kalimantan, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.5851° or 0° 35′ 6″ south
Longitude
117.2759° or 117° 16′ 33″ east
Open location code
6PFVC77G+X9
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mahakam River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ماهاكام”
- Armenian: “Մահակամ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Mahakam”
- Balinese: “Tukad Mahakam”
- Banjar: “Sungai Mahakam”
- Basque: “Mahakam ibaia”
- Basque: “Mahakam”
- Belarusian: “Махакам”
- Bulgarian: “Махакам”
- Catalan: “Mahakam”
- Cebuano: “Sungai Mahakam”
- Chinese: “馬哈坎河”
- Chinese: “马哈坎河”
- Chuvash: “Махакам”
- Czech: “Mahakam”
- Dutch: “Mahakam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ماهاكام”
- Finnish: “Mahakam”
- French: “Mahakam”
- German: “Mahakam”
- Hungarian: “Mahakam”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Mahakam”
- Irish: “Mahakam”
- Italian: “Mahakam”
- Japanese: “マハカム川”
- Javanese: “Kali Mahakam”
- Javanese: “Sungai Mahakam”
- Komering: “Batangari Mahakam”
- Komering: “Way Mahakam”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Mahakam River”
- Lithuanian: “Mahakamas”
- Malay: “Sungai Mahakam”
- Malayalam: “മഹകം നദി”
- Polish: “Mahakam”
- Portuguese: “Rio Mahakam”
- Russian: “Махакам”
- Slovenian: “Mahakam (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Mahakam”
- Spanish: “Río Mahakam”
- Sundanese: “Sungai Mahakam”
- Sundanese: “walungan Mahakam”
- Swedish: “Mahakam”
- Swedish: “Sungai Mahakam”
- Venetian: “Fiume Mahakam”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Mahakam”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tapian and Anggana Dalam.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tanjung Muara Berau and Tanjung Sangasanga.
East Kalimantan: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Nusantara and Samarinda.
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