Okefenokee Swamp
The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre, peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida state border in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness and was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Wetland
- Description: wetlands in Florida and Georgia, USA
- Also known as: “Aekanphanaekin”, “Aekanphanaekin Swamp”, “Akenfenogo”, “Akenfonogo Swamp”, “Akinfinocau”, “Akinfonoka”, “E-cun-fi-no-cau Swamp”, “E-cun-fino-cau Swamp”, “E-cunfino-cau Swamp”, “Ecunfinocau”, “Efinokee”, “Ekanfanaka”, “Ekanfanega”, “Ekanfanoga”, “Ekanfanoka”, “Ekanfanska”, “Ekanfinaka”, “Ekanfinaka Swamp”, “Ekanfonaka”, “Ekanphaenoka”, “Eokafanoke”, “Eokeefanokee”, “Eokefanoke”, “Eokefanokee”, “Eokefenoke”, “Eokefinocau”, “Eokefinoke”, “Eokefinokee”, “Eokenfonoghka”, “Eokenfonooka”, “Eokennokee”, “Eokfanoke”, “Great Owaguaphonogaw Swamp”, “Great Swamp”, “Le Grand Marecage d’Owaquaphenogaw”, “Le Terrible Marcage”, “O-ke-fin-o-cau Swamp”, “Oahefanoke”, “Oakefanokee”, “Oaquaphenogaw”, “Ocafinocau”, “Ockefenoke”, “Oekanphanoko”, “Okafanoka”, “Okafonoka”, “Okanfanoka”, “Okeefeenokee”, “Okeefenokee Swamp”, “Okeefernokee”, “Okeefinokee”, “Okeefinokee Swamp”, “Okefanakow”, “Okefannoke”, “Okefanoka”, “Okefanoke”, “Okefanokee”, “Okefenakee”, “Okefenocan”, “Okefenocau”, “Okefenoco”, “Okefenoke Swamp”, “Okefinacau”, “Okefinakau”, “Okefincau Swamp”, “Okefinocau”, “Okefinocou”, “Okefinoke”, “Okefinokee Swamp”, “Okefonoco”, “Okefonoke”, “Okefonoke Marais”, “Okefonoko”, “Okenfonoke”, “Okenfonoko”, “Okerfonoke”, “Okeyfenakey”, “Okfonooka”, “Okiefinokee”, “Okifenoke”, “Okifenokee Swamp”, “Okifinokee”, “Okifinokee Swamp”, “Okinfonoka”, “Okofonoke”, “Onoquaphanoga”, “Onoquaphenoga”, “Onoquaphenogaw”, “Ookfunooka”, “Oquafanoka Swamp”, “Oquafanoke”, “Oquafenoco”, “Oquefanoke”, “Ouaquafenoga”, “Ouaquaphanoga”, “Ouaquaphenogaw Swamp”, “Ouaquaphenogow”, “Ouaquephenogaw”, “Owaquafenoga”, “Owaquaphenoga”, “Owaquaphenoga Swamp”, “Owaquaphenogaw”, “Owaquephenogaw”, “Quakaphanoke”, and “Waquafenogo”
- Address: GA
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blackjack Island.
Blackjack Island
Island
Blackjack Island is an island in Ware County, in the U.S. state of Georgia named for its abundance of blackjack oak timber.
Okefenokee Swamp
- Categories: marsh and body of water
- Location: Ware, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.66689° or 30° 40′ 1″ northLongitude
-82.33318° or 82° 19′ 59″ westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
862VMM88+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 369140059OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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Satellite Map
Discover Okefenokee Swamp from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Okefenokee Swamp” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Okifenoki”
- Basque: “Okefenokee zingira”
- Catalan: “Okefenokee”
- Catalan: “Pantà d’Okefenokee”
- Cebuano: “Okefenokee Swamp”
- Dutch: “Okefenokeemoeras”
- French: “Marais d’Okefenokee”
- Italian: “Palude di Okefenokee”
- Italian: “Paludi di Okefenokee”
- Lithuanian: “Okefenokio pelkė”
- Portuguese: “Pântano Okefenokee”
- Romanian: “Mlaștina Okefenokee”
- Russian: “Окефеноки”
- Swedish: “Okefenokee Swamp”
- Swedish: “Okefenokee”
- Swedish: “Okefenokeeträsket”
- Welsh: “Cors Okefenokee”
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Notable Places Nearby
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