Lake Wānaka

Lake Wānaka is New Zealand's fourth-largest lake and the seat of the town of in the region. The lake is 300 meters above sea level, covers about 198 km2, and is more than 300 m deep.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Otago Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: Lake Wanaka” and “Oanaka

Lake Wānaka

Latitude
-44.5° or 44° 30′ south
Longitude
169.13333° or 169° 8′ east
Elevation
282 metres (925 feet)
Open location code
4V7FG42M+28
Geo­Names ID
2179680
Wiki­data ID
Q1192728
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Welsh—“Lake Wānaka” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: Laco Wanaka
  • Catalan: Llac Wanaka
  • Chinese: 瓦納卡湖
  • Chinese: 瓦纳卡湖
  • Chuvash: Уанака
  • Dutch: Wanakameer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره واناكا
  • Estonian: Lake Wanaka
  • Estonian: Wanaka järv
  • Finnish: Lake Wanaka
  • Finnish: Lake Wānaka
  • French: lac Wanaka
  • French: Lac Wanaka
  • Georgian: უანაკა
  • German: Lake Wanaka
  • German: Lake Wānaka
  • Hebrew: אגם ואנקה
  • Irish: Wānaka
  • Italian: Lago Wanaka
  • Japanese: ワナカ湖
  • Korean: 와나카 호수
  • Lithuanian: Vanaka
  • Macedonian: Ванака
  • Malayalam: വനാകാ തടാകം
  • Maori: Oanaka
  • Maori: Wānaka
  • Persian: دریاچه واناکا
  • Polish: Wanaka
  • Russian: Уанака
  • Spanish: Lago Wānaka
  • Swedish: Lake Wanaka
  • Turkish: Wanaka Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Ванака
  • Venetian: lago Wanaka
  • Welsh: Llyn Wanaka

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Wānaka”. Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.