Oingo Lake

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Oingo Lake
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Oingo Lake
Location Hastings, North Island
Coordinates 39°33′45″S176°44′57″E / 39.5625°S 176.7493°E / -39.5625; 176.7493 Coordinates: 39°33′45″S176°44′57″E / 39.5625°S 176.7493°E / -39.5625; 176.7493
Basin  countriesNew Zealand
Max. length2.14 km (1.33 mi)
Max. width540 m (1,770 ft)
Surface area0.81 km (0.50 mi)
Max. depth5 m (16 ft)
Shore length15.6 km (3.5 mi)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Oingo Lake is one of several small lakes (the other including Runanga Lake and Potaka Lake) located northwest to the city of Hastings in the Hawke's Bay Region of the eastern North Island of New Zealand. [1]

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References

  1. "Place name detail: Oingo Lake". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand . Retrieved 18 March 2009.