Lake Te Anau

Lake Te Anau is in the southwestern corner of the of New Zealand. The lake covers an area of 344 km2, making it the second-largest lake by surface area in New Zealand and the largest in the South Island.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Southland Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: Te Arau

Lake Te Anau

Latitude
-45.2° or 45° 12′ south
Longitude
167.8° or 167° 48′ east
Elevation
204 metres (669 feet)
Open location code
4V69QRX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
2181623
Wiki­data ID
Q1140471
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Venetian—“Lake Te Anau” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: Laco Te Anau
  • Catalan: Llac Te Anau
  • Chinese: 蒂阿瑙湖
  • Chuvash: Те-Анау
  • Dutch: Te Anaumeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره ت اناو
  • Esperanto: Lago Te Anau
  • Finnish: Te Anau
  • French: lac Te Anau
  • French: Lac Te Anau
  • Georgian: ტე-ანაუ
  • Georgian: ტე-ანაუს ტბა
  • German: Lake Te Anau
  • Hebrew: אגם טה אנאו
  • Indonesian: Danau Te Anau
  • Italian: Lago Te Anau
  • Japanese: テ・アナウ湖
  • Korean: 테아나우 호
  • Korean: 테아나우 호수
  • Latvian: Anau ezers
  • Latvian: Te Anau ezers
  • Latvian: Teanau ezers
  • Lithuanian: Te Anau
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Te Anau-sjøen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Te Anau-sjøen
  • Norwegian: Te Anau-sjøen
  • Polish: Jezioro Te Anau
  • Polish: Te Anau
  • Russian: озеро Те-Анау
  • Russian: Те-Анау (озеро)
  • Russian: Те-Анау
  • Slovenian: Jezero Te Anau
  • Spanish: Lago Te Anau
  • Swedish: Te Anau
  • Turkish: Te Anau Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Те-Анау
  • Venetian: lago Te Anau

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