Lake Orta
Lake Orta or Cusio is a lake in northern Italy, west of Lake Maggiore. It has been so named since the 16th century, but was previously called Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius, the patron saint of the region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: The Teacher71, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Lkcl it, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Italy
- Also known as: “Lago d’Orta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Town hall of Pettenasco and Santi Audenzio e Caterina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carcegna and Colma.
Carcegna
Village
Photo: F Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carcegna is a small village located above the eastern shore of Lake Orta, at an altitude of 490m, in the Province of Novara, Piedmont, Italy. Administratively a frazione of the commune of Miasino, it has 260 inhabitants, called Carcegnesi.
Colma
Hamlet
Photo: Francoerbi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colma is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Lake Orta.
Artò
Hamlet
Photo: F Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Artò is a frazione of the municipality of Madonna del Sasso, in Piedmont, northern Italy. Artò is situated 2½ km southwest of Lake Orta.
Lake Orta
- Category: body of water
- Location: Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Lake Orta from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Catalan: “Llac d’Orta”
- Cebuano: “Lago d’Orta”
- Chinese: “奥尔塔湖”
- Chuvash: “Орта”
- Czech: “Orta”
- Dutch: “Ortameer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اورتا”
- Esperanto: “Orta”
- French: “lac d’Orta”
- French: “Lac d’Orta”
- Georgian: “ორტა”
- German: “Ortasee”
- Hebrew: “אגם אורטה”
- Indonesian: “Danau Orta”
- Italian: “Cusio”
- Italian: “lago d’Orta”
- 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: “Jezero Orta”
- Slovenian: “Lago d’Orta”
- Spanish: “lago de 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: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Turin, Novara, Asti, and Alessandria.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. 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 Orta”. Photo: Lkcl it, CC BY-SA 2.0.