Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls is a town in the western portion of Zimbabwe, across the border from Livingstone, Zambia, and near Botswana. The town lies immediately next to the falls, and they are the major attraction, but this popular tourist destination offers both adventure seekers and sightseers plenty of opportunities for a longer stay.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Paul Balfe, CC BY 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Victoria Falls Bridge
Photo: Benjism89, Public domain.
The Victoria Falls Bridge crosses the Zambezi River just below the Victoria Falls and is built over the Second Gorge of the falls.
Localities in the Area
Victoria Falls
Photo: Chris Eason, CC BY 2.0.
Victoria Falls, popularly known as Vic Falls, is a resort town and city in the province of Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe.
Victoria Falls
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 892 metres
- Description: waterfall on the Zambezi River in Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Categories: waterfall, horseshoe waterfall, tourism, tourist attraction and landform
- Location: Matabeleland North, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-17.9242° or 17° 55' 27" southLongitude
25.8531° or 25° 51' 11" eastElevation
892 metres (2,927 feet)Open Location Code
5GJ73VG3+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 5600856187OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=cliffOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap Feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
879432Wikidata ID
Q43278Victoria Falls Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Victoria-waterval
- Albanian: Ujëvarat e Viktorisë
- Arabic: Busay Victoria
- Arabic: شلالات فكتوريا
- Arabic: شلالات فيكتوريا
- Armenian: Վիկտորիա (ջրվեժ)
- Armenian: Վիկտորիա
- Asturian: Catarata Victoria
- Avaric: Victoria Stoya
- Azerbaijani: Viktoriya şəlaləsi
- Bashkir: Виктория (шарлауыҡ)
- Bashkir: Виктория
- Basque: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Basque: Victoria ur-jauzi
- Basque: Victoria ur-jauziak
- Bavarian: Victoria Falls
- Belarusian: Вадаспад Вікторыя
- Belarusian: Вікторыя (вадаспад)
- Belarusian: Вікторыя
- Bengali: ভিক্টোরিয়া জলপ্রপাত
- Bhojpuri: विक्टोरिया झरना
- Bulgarian: Виктория
- Burmese: ဝိတိုရိယရေတံခွန်
- Catalan: Cascades Victòria
- Catalan: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Catalan: Victoria Falls
- Catalan: cascades Victòria
- Cebuano: Victoria Falls
- Chinese: 維多利亞大瀑布
- Chinese: 維多利亞瀑布
- Chinese: 维多利亚瀑布
- Chinese: 莫西奥图尼亚瀑布
- Chuvash: Виктори
- Cornish: Dowrlammow Victoria
- Croatian: Viktorijini slapovi
- Croatian: Viktorijini vodopadi
- Czech: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Czech: Viktoriiny vodopády
- Danish: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Danish: Victoria-faldene
- Danish: Victoria-faldet
- Danish: Victoria-vandfaldene
- Danish: Victoria Falls
- Danish: Victoriafaldene
- Danish: Victoria vandfaldet
- Dhivehi: ވިކްޓޯރިއާ ފޯލް
- Dutch: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Dutch: Victoria-watervallen
- Dutch: Victoriavallen
- Dutch: Victoriawatervallen
- Egyptian Arabic: شلالات فيكتوريا
- English: Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
- English: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Esperanto: Akvofalego Viktoria
- Esperanto: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Esperanto: Viktoria Akvofalo
- Estonian: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Estonian: Victoria juga
- Estonian: Viktooria juga
- Finnish: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Finnish: Victorian putoukset
- Finnish: Viktorian putoukset
- French: Chutes Victoria
- French: Les chutes Victoria
- French: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- French: Mosi-oa-Tunya / Chutes Victoria
- French: Victoria falls
- French: chutes Victoria
- Galician: Cataratas Victoria
- Georgian: ვიქტორია (ჩანჩქერი)
- Georgian: ვიქტორია
- German: Devil's Pool
- German: Devil’s Pool
- German: Mosa oa Tunya
- German: Mosi oa Tunya
- German: Victoria-Fälle
- German: Victoriafälle
- German: Viktoriafälle
- Greek: Καταρράκτες Βικτωρίας
- Guarani: Chororo Victoria
- Hausa: Faɗuwar ruwan Victoria
- Hebrew: הפארק הלאומי מפלי ויקטוריה
- Hebrew: מפל ויקטוריה
- Hebrew: מפלי ויקטוריה
- Hindi: मोसी-ओआ-तुन्या
- Hindi: विक्टोरिया जलप्रपात
- Hungarian: Viktória-vízesés
- Icelandic: Viktoríufossar
- Ido: Aquofalo Viktoria
- Iloko: Dissuor Victoria
- Iloko: Dissuor a Victoria
- Indonesian: Air terjun Victoria
- Indonesian: Victoria Falls
- Irish: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Italian: Cascate Vittoria
- Italian: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Italian: Victoria Falls
- Italian: Vittoria
- Italian: cascate Vittoria
- Japanese: ビクトリアの滝
- Japanese: ビクトリアフォールズ
- Japanese: ビクトリア・フォールズ
- Japanese: ビクトリア滝
- Japanese: ビクトリア瀑布
- Japanese: モシオトゥニャ
- Japanese: モシ・オ・トゥニャ
- Japanese: ヴィクトリアの滝
- Japanese: ヴィクトリアフォールズ
- Japanese: ヴィクトリア滝
- Japanese: ヴィクトリア瀑布
- Kabiyè: Fiktooriya lɩmwadɩyɛ
- Kannada: ವಿಕ್ಟೋರಿಯಾ ಜಲಪಾತ
- Kazakh: Виктория сарқырамасы
- Kirghiz: Виктория шаркыратмасы
- Korean: 빅토리아 폭포
- Kotava: Victoria Stoya
- Lao: Dissuor Victoria
- Latvian: Viktorijas ūdenskritums
- Lithuanian: Viktorijos krioklys
- Luxembourgish: Victoria Falls
- Macedonian: Викториини Водопади
- Malay: Air Terjun Victoria
- Malay: Air terjun Victoria
- Malayalam: വിക്ടോറിയ വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം
- Maltese: Kaskati ta' Vitorja
- Marathi: व्हिक्टोरिया धबधबा
- Mazanderani: ويکتوريا
- Mazanderani: ویکتوریا
- Northern Sami: Victoria goržžit
- Northern Sami: Victoriagoržžit
- Norwegian: Victoriafallene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Victoria Falls
- Norwegian Bokmål: Victoriafallene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Viktoriafallene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Victoriafalla
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Victoriafallene
- Nyanja: Victoria Falls
- Panjabi: ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਝਰਨਾ
- Persian: آبشار ویکتوریا
- Persian: ابشار ویکتوریا
- Polish: Park Narodowy Victoria Falls
- Polish: Park Narodowy Wodospady Wiktorii
- Polish: Park Narodowy Wodospadów Wiktorii
- Polish: Victoria Falls National Park
- Polish: Wodospad Wiktorii
- Polish: Wodospady Wiktorii
- Portuguese: Cataratas Victória
- Portuguese: Cataratas Vitória
- Portuguese: Cataratas de Vitória
- Portuguese: Parque Nacional de Victoria Falls
- Portuguese: Quedas Vitória
- Portuguese: Quedas de vitória
- Portuguese: Victoria falls
- Quechua: Ñansa phaqcha
- Quechua: Ñansa phuyu ñawikuna
- Romanian: Cascada Victoria
- Romanian: Victoria
- Romanian: Victoria Falls
- Russian: Виктория (водопад)
- Russian: Виктория
- Russian: Водопад Виктория
- Russian: Мозиватунья
- Serbian: Викторијини водопади
- Serbo-Croatian: Viktorijini slapovi
- Shona: Victoria Falls
- Slovak: Viktóriine vodopády
- Slovenian: Viktorijini slapovi
- Spanish: Cataratas Victoria
- Spanish: Cataratas de Victoria
- Spanish: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Spanish: Mosi oa-Tunya
- Spanish: Mosi oa Tunya
- Spanish: cascades Victòria
- Swahili: Maporomoko ya Mosi oa Tunya
- Swahili: Maporomoko ya Victoria Falls
- Swahili: Maporomoko ya Viktoria
- Swahili: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Swahili: Mosi oa Tunya
- Swahili: Victoria Falls
- Swedish: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Swedish: Victoriafallen
- Swedish: Viktoriafallen
- Tajik: Виктория (шаршара)
- Tajik: Виктория
- Tamil: விக்டோரியா அருவி
- Tamil: விக்டோரியா நீர்வீழ்ச்சி
- Tamil: விக்டோறியா நீர்வீழ்ச்சி
- Telugu: విక్టోరియా జలపాతం
- Thai: น้ำตกวิกตอเรีย
- Thai: น้ำตกวิคตอเรีย
- Turkish: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Turkish: Victoria Falls
- Turkish: Victoria Çavlanı
- Turkish: Victoria Şelaleleri
- Turkish: Victoria Şelalesi
- Turkish: Viktorya Şelaleleri
- Turkish: Viktorya Şelaleri
- Turkish: Viktorya Şelalesi
- Ukrainian: Водоспад Вікторія
- Ukrainian: Вікторія (водоспад)
- Ukrainian: Вікторія
- Urdu: موسی-او-تونیا
- Urdu: وکٹوریا آبشار
- Urdu: وکٹوریہ آبشار
- Uzbek: Victoria
- Uzbek: Viktoriya (sharshara)
- Vietnamese: Các thác nước Victoria
- Vietnamese: Thác Victoria
- Waray (Philippines): Busay Victoria
- Welsh: Mosi-oa-Tunya
- Welsh: Rhaeadr Fictoria
- Welsh: Rhaeadr Victoria
- Welsh: Rhaeadrau Fictoria
- Welsh: Rhaeadrau Victoria
- Western Frisian: Fiktoariawetterfallen
- Western Frisian: Fiktoriawetterfallen
- Western Frisian: Victoriawetterfallen
- Western Frisian: Vikctoriawetterfallen
- Western Panjabi: وکٹوریہ آبشار
- Western Panjabi: وکٹوریہ چھمبر
- Wu Chinese: 维多利亚瀑布
- Yiddish: וויקטאריע וואסערפאלן
- Yue Chinese: 維多利亞瀑布
- Amanza Tunqayo
- Chino Timba
- Fiktooriya lɩmfalɩyɛ
- Mosi-Oa-Toenja
- Vic Falls
Other Places Named Victoria Falls
In the Area
- Livingstone
- MasuweVillage, 21 km southwest
- Batoka Gorge (site of proposed dam)Locality, 27 km east
- MusokotwaneVillage, 34 km north
- SenkoboVillage, 34 km north
- KatomboraVillage, 48 km west
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