Takakkaw Falls
Takakkaw Falls is a waterfall in Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia, in Canada. The falls have a total height of 373 metres. It is frequently mislabeled as the second tallest waterfall in Canada The World Waterfall Database however lists about 55 higher waterfalls in Canada.The main drop of the waterfall has a height of 254 metres.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Michael Peak.
Michael Peak
Peak
Takakkaw Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfalls in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50022° or 51° 30′ 1″ north
Longitude
-116.47346° or 116° 28′ 25″ west
Elevation
1,794 metres (5,886 feet)
Open location code
9535GG2G+3J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Takakkaw Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Takakkaw Falls” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “塔卡考瀑布”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تاكاكاو فالس”
- French: “chutes Takakkaw”
- French: “Chutes Takakkaw”
- German: “Takakkaw Falls”
- Hebrew: “מפל טאקאקו”
- Italian: “cascata Takakkaw”
- Japanese: “タカカウ滝”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Takakkaw”
- Norwegian: “Takakkaw”
- Polish: “Takakkaw”
- Russian: “Такаккау”
- Russian: “Такакко”
- Spanish: “Catarata Takakkaw”
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