Lake Macquarie

Lake Macquarie is a satellite city of with the largest permanent saltwater lake in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a contemporary coastal city and natural adventure playground.
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  • Type: Locality with 201,000 residents
  • Description: local government area in New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: “City of Lake Macquarie”, “Lake Macquarie City”, and “Lake Macquarie Shire”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swansea and Arcadia Vale.

Suburb
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Lake Macquarie is a satellite city of with the largest permanent saltwater lake in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a contemporary coastal city and natural adventure playground. is situated 4 km southeast of Lake Macquarie.

Suburb
is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in , between the town centres of and on the western shore of . It had a population of 1,431 in 2021, down from 1,518 in 2006.

Suburb
is a lakeside suburb within the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in , , approximately 28 kilometres from 's central business district and is a commercial hub for the sprawling suburbs on the western shore of the lake. is situated 6 km north of Lake Macquarie.

Lake Macquarie

Latitude
-33.0652° or 33° 3′ 55″ south
Longitude
151.6012° or 151° 36′ 4″ east
Population
201,000
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU LMQ
Open location code
4RRHWJM2+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6042481513
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2160746
Wiki­data ID
Q606193
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Macquarie from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Lake Macquarie” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lake Macquarie Shire”
  • Central Kurdish: “شاری دەریاچەی مەک کواری”
  • Chinese: “麥覺理湖市”
  • Dutch: “City of Lake Macquarie”
  • Dutch: “Marks Point”
  • Esperanto: “Lake Macquarie”
  • French: “Ville de Lac Macquarie”
  • Georgian: “მაკუორი”
  • German: “City of Lake Macquarie”
  • German: “Lake Macquarie City”
  • Hebrew: “העיר לייק מקווארי”
  • Hebrew: “עיריית לייק מקווארי”
  • Hungarian: “City of Lake Macquarie”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Lake Macquarie”
  • Italian: “città di Lake Macquarie”
  • Italian: “Città di Lake Macquarie”
  • Japanese: “シティ・オブ・レイクマッコーリー”
  • Japanese: “マッコーリー湖”
  • Japanese: “レイク・マコーリー市”
  • Japanese: “レイク・マッコーリー・シティ・カウンシル”
  • Japanese: “レイク・マッコーリー・シティ”
  • Japanese: “レイクマコーリー市”
  • Kazakh: “Лейк-Маккуори”
  • Lithuanian: “Leik Makvoris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake Macquarie”
  • Norwegian: “Lake Macquarie”
  • Portuguese: “Lake Macquarie”
  • Russian: “Лейк-Маккуори”
  • Sardinian: “tzitade de Lake Macquarie”
  • Scots: “Ceety o Lake Macquarie”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مک‌کوری گؤلو”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Lago Macquarie”
  • Swedish: “City of Lake Macquarie”
  • Swedish: “Lake Macquarie Shire”
  • Turkish: “City of Lake Macquarie”
  • Turkish: “Lake Macquarie City”
  • Urdu: “سٹی آف لیک میکوری”
  • Vietnamese: “City of Lake Macquarie”
  • Vietnamese: “Lake Macquarie”

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