Lake Cootapatamba
Lake Cootapatamba is a post-glacial tarn in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Lake Cootapatamba is located at 2,048 metres, which is about 800 metres south of the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Andrea Schaffer, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Australia
- Also known as: “Lake May”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Kosciuszko and Seaman’s Hut.
Mount Kosciuszko
Peak
Photo: 99of9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain of mainland Australia, at 2,228 metres above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, a part of the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, in New South Wales, and is located west of Crackenback and close to Jindabyne, near the border with Victoria.
Seaman’s Hut
Wilderness hut
Photo: Leighblackall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seaman's Hut is an alpine hut and memorial located in New South Wales, Australia. It was built following the death of two skiers, W. Laurie Seaman and Evan Hayes in 1928.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thredbo and Charlotte Pass.
Thredbo
Photo: andrewfysh, CC BY 2.0.
Thredbo is a village and ski resort within Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. It is located on the Alpine Way and is 1380 metres above sea level.
Charlotte Pass
Photo: Pee Tern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charlotte Pass is a snow resort and village in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The pass is in the Kosciuszko National Park where the Kosciuszko Road crosses Kangaroo Ridge.
Lake Cootapatamba
- Category: body of water
- Location: Snowy Valleys, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.46517° or 36° 27′ 55″ southLongitude
148.26446° or 148° 15′ 52″ eastElevation
2,048 metres (6,719 feet)Open location code
4RMCG7M7+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 29276123OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
8210123Wikidata ID
Q14934868
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Cootapatamba from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Cootapatamba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة كوتاباتامبا”
- Armenian: “Կոոտապատամբա”
- Cebuano: “Lake Cootapatamba”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره كوتاپاتامبا”
- French: “Lake Cootapatamba”
- Russian: “Коотапатамба”
- Swedish: “Lake Cootapatamba”
- Welsh: “Llyn Cootapatamba”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cootapatamba Cirque and Kosciuszko.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lake Cootapatamba Lookout and Etheridge Gap.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Cootapatamba”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.