Lake Ōmāpere
Lake Ōmāpere is the largest lake in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It is located to the North of Kaikohe. The lake sits within the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Lake Omapere”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Putahi and Okaihau College.
Putahi
Peak
Putahi is a 381 m high rhyolite dome, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand. To the north of Putahi is Lake Ōmāpere. To its north east are the volcanoes of Tarahi and Te Ahuahu. Putahi is situated 3 km south of Lake Ōmāpere.
Okaihau College
School
In 1973 the Ōkaihau district high school in the Far North District of New Zealand was granted Form 1–7 status and became Okaihau College with Mr. Laurenson as first principal. Okaihau College is situated 3½ km northwest of Lake Ōmāpere.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ōkaihau and Kaikohe.
Ōkaihau
Village
Photo: Wikimannz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ōkaihau is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island, just north of Kaikohe. State Highway 1 passes through Ōkaihau making it fairly busy. Ōkaihau is situated 4 km northwest of Lake Ōmāpere.
Kaikohe
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kaikohe is the seat of the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 about 260 kilometres from Auckland, and about 85 kilometres from Whangārei. Kaikohe is situated 7 km south of Lake Ōmāpere.
Ōhaeawai
Village
Photo: Moriori, Public domain.
Ōhaeawai is a small village at the junction of State Highway 1 and State Highway 12 in the Far North District of New Zealand, some 250 km from Auckland. Ōhaeawai is situated 8 km east of Lake Ōmāpere.
Lake Ōmāpere
- Category: lake
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.34782° or 35° 20′ 52″ southLongitude
173.79581° or 173° 47′ 45″ eastElevation
236 metres (774 feet)Open location code
4VPMMQ2W+V8OpenStreetMap ID
way 151300851OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Ōmāpere from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Ōmāpere” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Omapere”
- Chinese: “奥马佩里湖”
- Chinese: “奧馬佩里湖”
- Dutch: “Lake Omapere”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اوماپير”
- Esperanto: “Omapere”
- French: “lac Omapere”
- French: “Lac Omapere”
- German: “Lake Omapere”
- German: “Lake Ōmāpere”
- Russian: “Омапере”
- Welsh: “Llyn Omapere”
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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 Ōmāpere”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.