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”, “Wonotobo Fall”, and “Wonotobo Vallen”
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
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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Satellite Map
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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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