Maota Lake
Maota Lake is located in Amber, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The ancient name of the lake is "Mahavata", but it is commonly known as Maota due to the large trees located near the lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Swapnil.Karambelkar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Intermittent reservoir
- Description: lake in Rajasthan, India
- Also known as: “Maotha Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Amber Fort and Kesar Kyari Garden.
Amber Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Harrasis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer, Rajasthan, India. Amer is a town with an area of 4 square kilometres located 11 kilometres from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan.
Jaigarh Fort
Photo: Ashwin Kumar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota Lake, near Amer in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amber and Jaipur.
Amber
Village
Photo: Gayatri Priya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Amber or Amer, is a city near Jaipur city in Jaipur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is now a part of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation. The picturesque situation of Amber at the mouth of a rocky mountain gorge, in which nestles a lake, has attracted the admiration of travellers, including Victor Jacquemont and Reginald Heber.
Jaipur
Photo: Planemad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jaipur, also known as the Pink City, is the capital of Indian state of Rajasthan, and its largest city. The city was built in the 18th century by Sawai Jai Singh as India's first planned city, and today it's a major tourist attraction for Indians and for international visitors.
Maota Lake
- Categories: lake, intermittent reservoir, and body of water
- Location: Rajasthan, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Maota Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Maota Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Maota Lake”
- German: “Maota-See”
- Gujarati: “માવઠા તળાવ”
- Hindi: “मावठा सरोवर”
- Japanese: “マオサ湖”
- Maithili: “मावठा सरोवर”
- Panjabi: “ਮਾਓਟਾ ਝੀਲ”
- Slovenian: “Maota”
- Urdu: “ماؤٹھا جھیل”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bandh and Sisāwās.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rājmahal Palace and Rām Sāgar.
Rajasthan: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Maota Lake”. Photo: Swapnil.Karambelkar, CC BY-SA 4.0.