Lake Wānaka
Lake Wānaka is New Zealand's fourth-largest lake and the seat of the town of Wānaka in the Otago region. The lake is 278 meters above sea level, covers 192 km2, and is more than 300 m deep."Wānaka" is the South Island dialect pronunciation of wānanga, which means "the lore of the tohunga or priest" or a place of learning.Photo: Prufrock1, Public domain.
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Wānaka
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Otago Region, New Zealand
- Category: body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-44.5° or 44° 30' southLongitude
169.13333° or 169° 8' eastElevation
282 metres (925 feet)Open Location Code
4V7FG42M+28GeoNames ID
2179680Wikidata ID
Q1192728Lake Wānaka Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Aragonese: Laco Wanaka
- Catalan: Llac Wanaka
- Chinese: 瓦納卡湖
- Chinese: 瓦纳卡湖
- Chuvash: Уанака
- Dutch: Wanakameer
- Egyptian Arabic: بحيره واناكا
- English: Lake Wanaka
- English: Oanaka
- Estonian: Lake Wanaka
- Estonian: Wanaka järv
- Finnish: Lake Wanaka
- French: Lac Wanaka
- French: lac Wanaka
- Georgian: უანაკა
- German: Lake Wanaka
- German: Lake Wānaka
- Hebrew: אגם ואנקה
- Irish: Wānaka
- Italian: Lago Wanaka
- Japanese: ワナカ湖
- Korean: 와나카 호수
- Macedonian: Ванака
- Malayalam: വനാകാ തടാകം
- Maori: Oanaka
- Maori: Wānaka
- Persian: دریاچه واناکا
- Polish: Wanaka
- Russian: Уанака
- Spanish: Lago Wānaka
- Swedish: Lake Wanaka
- Turkish: Wanaka Gölü
- Ukrainian: Ванака
- Venetian: lago Wanaka
- Welsh: Llyn Wanaka
Other Places Named Lake Wānaka
Localities in the Area
- Minaret BayLocality, 10 km north
- Lake HāweaTown, 16 km southeast
- GladstoneLocality, 17 km southeast
- MaungaweraLocality, 18 km south
Landmarks in the Area
- Twin PeaksPeak, 5 km west
- Mount BurkeHill, 6 km southeast
- Isthmus PeakPeak, 7 km northeast
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Lake Wānaka. Photo: Prufrock1, Public domain.