Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is a popular, though often tacky and touristy honeymoon destination on the USA-Canada border, approximately midway between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.Places of Interest
Highlights include Goat Island and American Falls.
Goat Island
Islet
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Goat Island is a small island in the Niagara River, in the middle of Niagara Falls between the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The island is at the southwest corner of the City of Niagara Falls, New York, in the United States and is part of Niagara Falls State Park.
American Falls
Waterfall
Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The American Falls is the second largest of the three waterfalls that together are known as Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls. It is located on the United States side in New York state. Luna Island separates it from the American Falls and Goat Island separates it from the Horseshoe Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Niagara Falls and Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls
Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 48,671. It is adjacent to the Niagara River, across from the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and named after the famed Niagara Falls which they share.
Niagara Falls
Photo: Evilarry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Niagara Falls, Ontario, is the self-proclaimed "Honeymoon Capital of the World". For over a century, the grandeur of the waterfalls of the Niagara River have attracted tourists to this destination.
Little Italy
Neighborhood
Little Italy is a neighborhood located in Niagara Falls, New York. Little Italy is situated 3 km northeast of Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Also known as: “American Falls”, “Bridal Veil Falls”, “Canadian Falls”, and “Niagra Falls, New York, US”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
43.08342° or 43° 5′ 0″ northLongitude
-79.06627° or 79° 3′ 59″ westElevation
158 metres (518 feet)Open location code
87M23WMM+9FGeoNames ID
6087891
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Niagara Falls” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شلالات نياجارا”
- Belarusian: “Ніягарскі вадаспад”
- Bengali: “নায়াগ্রা জলপ্রপাত”
- Bosnian: “Nijagarini vodopadi”
- Bulgarian: “Ниагара”
- Catalan: “Cascades del Niàgara”
- Chinese: “尼亚加拉瀑布”
- Czech: “Niagarské vodopády”
- Danish: “Niagaravandfaldene”
- Dutch: “Niagarawatervallen”
- Esperanto: “Niagara Akvofalo”
- Estonian: “Niagara juga”
- Finnish: “Niagaran putoukset”
- French: “Chutes du Niagara”
- Galician: “Cataratas do Niágara”
- German: “Niagarafälle”
- Hebrew: “מפלי הניאגרה”
- Hebrew: “מפלי ניאגרה”
- Icelandic: “Níagarafossar”
- Indonesian: “Niagara”
- Irish: “An tEas Niagara”
- Italian: “Cascate del Niagara”
- Japanese: “ナイアガラの滝”
- Japanese: “ナイアガラ滝”
- Korean: “나이아가라 폭포”
- Latvian: “Niagāras ūdenskritums”
- Lithuanian: “Niagaros krioklys”
- Macedonian: “Нијагарини водопади”
- Norwegian: “Niagarafallene”
- Persian: “آبشار نیاگارا”
- Polish: “Wodospad Niagara”
- Portuguese: “Cataratas do Niágara”
- Romanian: “Cascada Niagara”
- Russian: “Ниагарский водопад”
- Serbian: “Нијагарини водопади”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Slapovi Niagare”
- Sicilian: “Cascati dû Niagara”
- Slovak: “Niagarské vodopády”
- Slovenian: “Niagarski slapovi”
- Spanish: “Cataratas del Niágara”
- Swedish: “Niagarafallen”
- Tamil: “நயாகரா நீர்வீழ்ச்சி”
- Thai: “น้ำตกไนแอการา”
- Turkish: “Niagara şelaleleri”
- Turkish: “Niagara Şelalesi”
- Vietnamese: “Các thác nước Niagra”
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Localities in the Area
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