Chilika Lake

The Chilika Lake at the South Coast of is Asia's largest saltwater lagoon and is separated from the Bay of Bengal by a sandy ridge. Balugaon and Rambha are two major towns serving as entry points for the lake.
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  • Lagoon
  • …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
  • …is also known as “Chilka Lake”
  • Description: lagoon in India

Chilika Lake

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Latitude
19.7308° or 19° 43′ 51″ north
Longitude
85.3366° or 85° 20′ 12″ east
Open location code
7MF7P8JP+8J
Geo­Names ID
1274203
Wiki­data ID
Q2047322

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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Western Panjabi—“Chilika Lake” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “চিল্কা হ্ৰদ”
  • Bengali: “চিল্কা হ্রদ”
  • Bhojpuri: “चिल्का झील”
  • Catalan: “Chilka”
  • Cebuano: “Chilika Lake”
  • Chinese: “吉尔卡湖”
  • Chinese: “吉爾卡湖”
  • Chuvash: “Чилика”
  • Dutch: “Chilkameer”
  • Esperanto: “Chilika”
  • Esperanto: “Chilka Lago”
  • Esperanto: “Chilka”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉiliko”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Ĉiliko”
  • French: “lac Chilika”
  • French: “Lac Chilika”
  • German: “Chilika-See”
  • Hindi: “चिलिका झील”
  • Hindi: “चिलिका”
  • Hindi: “चिल्का झील”
  • Hungarian: “Csilika-tó”
  • Hungarian: “Csilka-tó”
  • Kannada: “ಚಿಲ್ಕ ಸರೋವರ”
  • Malayalam: “Chilika Lake”
  • Malayalam: “Chilka lake”
  • Malayalam: “ചിൽക്ക തടാകം”
  • Marathi: “चिलीका सरोवर”
  • Marathi: “चिल्का सरोवर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chilika”
  • Norwegian: “Chilika”
  • Oriya: “Chilika Lake”
  • Oriya: “ଚିଲିକା ଲେକ”
  • Oriya: “ଚିଲିକା ହ୍ରଦ”
  • Oriya: “ଚିଲିକା”
  • Panjabi: “ਚਿਲਕਾ ਝੀਲ”
  • Polish: “Ćilika”
  • Polish: “Ćilka”
  • Polish: “Czilka”
  • Russian: “Chilika”
  • Russian: “Чилика”
  • Russian: “Чилка”
  • Sanskrit: “चिल्का सरोवरम्”
  • Santali: “ᱪᱤᱞᱤᱠᱟ ᱡᱚᱞᱟ”
  • Spanish: “Lago Chilika”
  • Spanish: “Lago Chilka”
  • Swedish: “Chilka”
  • Tamil: “சில்கா ஏரி”
  • Telugu: “చిలికా సరస్సు”
  • Ukrainian: “Чиліка”
  • Ukrainian: “Чіліка”
  • Urdu: “چیلیکا جھیل”
  • Western Panjabi: “چلکا جھیل”

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