Lake Rotorua
Lake Rotorua is 8 kilometres due west of Kaikōura in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. A 2010 report showed that Lake Rotorua had the second highest trophic level index, an indication of pollutant levels, of all the lakes that were measured.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in the South Island of New Zealand
- Also known as: “Rotorua”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peketa and Kaikoura.
Peketa
Hamlet
Photo: Alfie66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peketa is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km south of Lake Rotorua.
Kaikoura
Photo: Inkey, Public domain.
Kaikoura is a small coastal town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, about 180 km north of Christchurch and 130 km south of Blenheim.
South Bay
Quarter
Photo: Marshelec, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Bay is a quarter, which is situated 8 km east of Lake Rotorua.
Lake Rotorua
- Category: lake
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.40518° or 42° 24′ 19″ southLongitude
173.58257° or 173° 34′ 57″ eastElevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
4V9MHHVM+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 8109039OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Welsh—“Lake Rotorua” goes by many names.
- German: “Lake Rotorua (Canterbury)”
- German: “Lake Rotorua”
- Welsh: “Llyn Rotorua”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 Rotorua”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.