Wonotobo Falls
The Wonotobo Falls is a series of waterfalls in the Courantyne River in Sipaliwini District, Suriname near the border with Guyana. The waterfalls are not navigable. A pre-Columbian petroglyph site is located near the falls.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Suriname
- Also known as: “Governor Light’s Cataract”, “Governor Light’s Falls”, “Governor Lights Fall”, “Great Cataracts”, “Mavari Wonotopo”, “Wanotobo”, “Watervallen van Wonotobbe”, “Wonatabo Fall”, “Wonatobo Falls”, “Wonotobo”, “Wonotobo Cataract”, and “Wonotobo Fall”
Wonotobo Falls
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Sipaliwini District, Suriname, South America
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Latitude
4.36678° or 4° 22′ 0″ north
Longitude
-57.95982° or 57° 57′ 35″ west
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
68P4928R+P3
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OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Wonotobo Falls” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wonotobo Vallen”
- Dutch: “Wonotobovallen”
- Indonesian: “Air Terjun Wonotobo”
- Persian: “آبشار وونوتوبو”
- Spanish: “Cascadas de Wonotobo”
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