Southern Africa
Namibia
Oshana Region

Lake Oponona

Lake Oponona is a natural lake in the Uuvudhiya Constituency in the of northern . It is situated about 70 kilometres from and is the largest lake in the Cuvelai Basin.
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  • Type: Lake (intermittent)
  • Description: lake in Namibia
  • Also known as: “Lake Oponono”

Lake Oponona

Latitude
-18.0545° or 18° 3′ 16″ south
Longitude
15.801° or 15° 48′ 4″ east
Open location code
5FHQWRW2+59
Open­Street­Map ID
way 121178281
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q15241337
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Oponona from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Fulah to Welsh—“Lake Oponona” goes by many names.
  • Fulah: “Laku Oponona”
  • German: “Oponono-See”
  • Japanese: “オポノノ湖”
  • Slovenian: “Oponona”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Oponona”

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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 Oponona”. Photo: Alastair Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.