Lake Wakatipu

Lake Wakatipu is an inland in the of New Zealand. It is in the southwest corner of the region, near its boundary with Southland.
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Lake Wakatipu

Latitude
-45.08837° or 45° 5′ 18″ south
Longitude
168.47007° or 168° 28′ 12″ east
Elevation
310 metres (1,017 feet)
Open location code
4V6CWF6C+M2
Geo­Names ID
6204703
Wiki­data ID
Q127469
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Wakatipu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحيرة واكاتيبو
  • Aragonese: Laco Wakatipu
  • Catalan: Llac Wakatipu
  • Chinese: 瓦卡蒂普湖
  • Chuvash: Уакатипу
  • Czech: Lake Wakatipu
  • Czech: Wakatipu
  • Dutch: Wakatipumeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره واكاتيبو
  • Esperanto: Wakatipu
  • French: lac Wakatipu
  • French: Lac Wakatipu
  • Georgian: უაკატიპუ
  • German: Lake Wakatipu
  • Indonesian: Danau Wakatipu
  • Irish: Whakatipu Waimāori
  • Italian: Lago Wakatipu
  • Japanese: ワカティプ湖
  • Korean: 와카티푸 호수
  • Lithuanian: Vakatipu
  • Maori: Wakatipu wai Māori
  • Maori: Whakatipu Waimāori
  • Maori: Whakatipu-wai-Māori
  • Occitan (post 1500): Lac Wakatipu
  • Polish: Wakatipu
  • Russian: Уакатипу
  • Spanish: Wakatipu
  • Swedish: Lake Wakatipu
  • Turkish: Wakatipu Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Вакатіпу
  • Venetian: lago Wakatipu
  • Welsh: Llyn Wakatipu

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