Lake Tekapo

Lake Tekapo is the second-largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the in the of New Zealand. It covers an area of 83 km2 and is at an altitude of 710 m above sea level.

Lake Tekapo

Latitude
-43.88333° or 43° 53′ south
Longitude
170.51667° or 170° 31′ east
Elevation
710 metres (2,329 feet)
Open location code
4V8G4G88+MM
Geo­Names ID
2181528
Wiki­data ID
Q1194022
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Tekapo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحيرة تيكابو
  • Aragonese: Laco Tekapo
  • Catalan: Llac Tekapo
  • Chinese: 特卡波湖
  • Chuvash: Текапо
  • Czech: Lake Tekapo
  • Czech: Tekapo
  • Dutch: Lake Tekapo
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره تيكابو
  • Esperanto: Tekapo
  • French: lac Tekapo
  • French: Lac Tekapo
  • Georgian: ტეკაპო
  • German: Lake Tekapo
  • German: Tekaposee
  • Indonesian: Danau Tekapo
  • Irish: Takapō
  • Italian: Lago Tekapo
  • Japanese: テカポ湖
  • Korean: 테카포 호수
  • Macedonian: Текапо
  • Maori: Takapō
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Lake Tekapo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tekaposjøen
  • Polish: Tekapo
  • Russian: Текапо
  • Spanish: Lago Tekapo
  • Spanish: Lago Tékapo
  • Swedish: Lake Tekapo
  • Tamil: தெகாபோ ஏரி
  • Turkish: Tekapo Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Текапо
  • Venetian: lago Tekapo
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Tekapo
  • Welsh: Llyn Tekapo

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