Sun Moon Lake
Sun Moon Lake is a lake in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the largest body of water in Taiwan. The area around the lake is home to the Thao people, one of Taiwan's indigenous ethnic groups.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 748 metres (2,454 feet)
- Description: largest lake in Taiwan
- Also known as“Dragon Lake”“Jih-yüeh T’an”“Ji̍t-goa̍t-thâm”“Jitsugetsu-tan”“Jitsugetsutan Lake”“Lake Candidius”“Lake Jitsugetsu”“Lake Riyue”“Nin-Isivatan Lake”“Rihyue Tan”“Riyue Lake”“Rìyuè tán”“Wazaqan”“Zintun”“Zintun a Wazaqan”
Places of Interest
Discover Lalu Island and T’zu-en Pagoda.
Lalu Island
Lalu Island is a small island in Sun Moon Lake, Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan.
T’zu-en Pagoda
The Ci En Pagoda is a pagoda in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan.
Formosan Aboriginal Cultural Village
The Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yuchi and Ita thao.
Yuchi
Yuchi Township is a rural township in the center of Nantou County, Taiwan.
Sun Moon Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
23.861° or 23° 51′ 40″ north
Longitude
120.9183° or 120° 55′ 6″ east
Open location code
7QM2VW69+98
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Sun Moon Lake” goes by many names.
Sun Moon LakeCatalan
Riyue TanCebuano
干治士湖Chinese
日月潭Chinese
日月潭水庫Chinese
明潭Chinese
林伊西巴坦湖Chinese
水社大湖Chinese
珠潭Chinese
雙潭Chinese
龍湖Chinese
Jezero Slunce a MěsíceCzech
Sun Moon LakeDutch
Zon-maanmeerDutch
بحيره سون مونEgyptian Arabic
Sunluna LagoEsperanto
אגם השמש והירחHebrew
Danau Matahari BulanIndonesian
Lago del sole e della lunaItalian
Lago RiyueItalian
Lago SolelunaItalian
Lago Sun MoonItalian
じつげつ-たんJapanese
日月潭Japanese
르웨탄호Korean
日月潭Literary Chinese
ZijuetanasLithuanian
Danau ZintunMadurese
sun moon lakeMalay
സൺ മൂൺ തടാകംMalayalam
Ji̍t-goa̍t-thâmMin Nan Chinese
Ji̍t-gua̍t-thâmMin Nan Chinese
Li̍t-goa̍t-thâmMin Nan Chinese
Li̍t-gua̍t-thâmMin Nan Chinese
Наран саран нуурMongolian
Sol-måne-sjøenNorwegian
Sol-måne-sjøenNorwegian Bokmål
zintun a wazaqanPaiwan
ЖиюэтаньRussian
Rìyuè tánSwedish
SolmånesjönSwedish
ทะเลสาบสุริยันจันทราThai
ཉི་ཟླ་མཚོ་མོ།Tibetan
Güneş Ay GölüTurkish
قۇياش ئاي كۆلىUighur
ЖіюетаньUkrainian
lago RiyueVenetian
Hồ Nhật NguyệtVietnamese
日月潭Wu Chinese
日月潭Yue Chinese
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