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Lake in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Lake Chrissie
Chrissiesmeer (Afrikaans)
Location of the lake in South Africa.Location of the lake in South Africa.Lake Chrissie
Location Msukaligwa Local Municipality (Gert Sibande District Municipality), Mpumalanga, South Africa
Coordinates 26°20′S 30°13′E / 26.333°S 30.217°E / -26.333; 30.217
Type Lake
Max. length 9 kilometres (5.6 mi)
Max. width 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)
Max. depth 6 metres (20 ft)

Lake Chrissie (Afrikaans: Chrissiesmeer) is a lake in Msukaligwa Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is a shallow and large lake, with a maximum depth of about 6 metres (20 ft), 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) wide. The lake is named after Christiana Pretorius, daughter of Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, the first president of the Boer Transvaal Republic.[1] The lake is also informally known as "Matotoland" (meaning "land of frogs") and its Swazi name is "Kachibibi" (meaning "big lake").[2]

A famous battle of the Second Boer War was fought by Lake Chrissie on 6 February 1901.[3]

  1. ^ Chrissiesmeer
  2. ^ Wellington, J.H. (April 1943). "The Lake Chrissie Problem". South African Geographical Journal. 25 (1): 50–64. doi:10.1080/03736245.1943.10559227. ISSN 0373-6245.
  3. ^ "San involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 17 May 2022.