Lake Orta
Lake Orta or Cusio is a lake in northern Italy, west of Lake Maggiore. Until the 16th century it was called Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius of Novara, the patron saint of the region.- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 290 metres (951 feet)
- …is also known as “Lago d’Orta”
- Description: lake in Italy
Places of Interest
Highlights include Town hall of Pettenasco and Santi Audenzio e Caterina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monte San Giulio and Ronco.
Lake Orta
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
45.81337° or 45° 48′ 48″ north
Longitude
8.39561° or 8° 23′ 44″ east
Open location code
8FQCR97W+86
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Orta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة أورتا”
- Belarusian: “Орта (возера)”
- Belarusian: “Орта”
- Breton: “Lenn Orta”
- Catalan: “Llac d’Orta”
- Cebuano: “Lago d’Orta”
- Chinese: “奥尔塔湖”
- Chuvash: “Орта”
- Croatian: “Orta (jezero)”
- Croatian: “Orta”
- Czech: “Orta”
- Dutch: “Ortameer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اورتا”
- Esperanto: “Orta”
- French: “Lac d’Orta”
- Georgian: “ორტა”
- German: “Ortasee”
- Hebrew: “אגם אורטה”
- Indonesian: “Danau Orta”
- Italian: “Cusio”
- Italian: “Lago d’Orta”
- Japanese: “オルタ湖”
- Korean: “오르타호”
- Latin: “Cusius lacus”
- Lithuanian: “Ortos ežeras”
- Lombard: “Lagh d’Òrta”
- Mingrelian: “ორტა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ortasjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ortasjøen”
- Norwegian: “Ortasjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه اورتا”
- Piemontese: “Lagh d’Òrta”
- Polish: “Orta”
- Russian: “Орта”
- Slovenian: “Jezero Orta”
- Slovenian: “Lago d’Orta”
- Spanish: “Lago de Orta”
- Swedish: “Ortasjön”
- Turkish: “Orta Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Орта”
- Venetian: “lago d’Orta”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Orta”
- Welsh: “Llyn Orta”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pettenasco and Egro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Isola San Giulio and Sacro Monte di Orta.
Piedmont: Highlights
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