Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in , 180 km west of Arusha City in , within the Crater Highlands geological area of northeastern .
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  • Type: Ridge
  • Description: inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera
  • Also known as: “Ngorongoro”

Ngorongoro Crater

Latitude
-3.17599° or 3° 10′ 34″ south
Longitude
35.57722° or 35° 34′ 38″ east
Open location code
6G8QRHFG+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43196959
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­ridge
Wiki­data ID
Q3002224
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Ngorongoro Crater” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Cràter del Ngorongoro”
  • Cebuano: “Ngorongoro Crater”
  • Chinese: “恩戈羅恩戈羅火山口”
  • Dutch: “Ngorongoro-krateret”
  • French: “Cratere du Ngorongoro”
  • French: “cratère du Ngorongoro”
  • French: “Cratère du ngorongoro”
  • French: “Cratère du Ngorongoro”
  • French: “Cratère Du Ngorongoro”
  • German: “Ngorongoro Krater”
  • Hebrew: “מכתש נגורונגורו”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ngorongoro-krateret”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ngorongorokrateret”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Verdens åttende under”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ngorongorokrateret”
  • Norwegian: “Ngorongoro-krateret”
  • Spanish: “Cráter del Ngorongoro”
  • Spanish: “Ngorongoro”
  • Swahili: “Kasoko ya Ngorongoro”
  • Swahili: “Kreta ya Ngorongoro”
  • Swedish: “Ngorongorokratern”

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