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| accessdate = 130 December 2009}}{{deadlink|date=November 2013}}</ref> It is located {{convert|20|km|mi}} from [[Tsumeb]] and only a few meters from the main road [[B1 road (Namibia)|B1]]. The diameter of the lake is {{convert|102|m|ft}}; its depth is undetermined. According to a Namibian tourism information organisation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.namibia-1on1.com/lake-otjikoto.html|title=Lake Otjikoto A Window Into The Past|publisher=namibia-1on1.com|accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref> "the depth varies from sixty two meters at the side to seven meters in the centre, and in some places leading off from the side depths of one hundred meters have been recorded", while an article in the Allgemeine Zeitung<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.az.com.na/tourismus/english-articles/descending-into-another-world-cave-diving-in-namibia.86352.php|title=Descending into another world: Cave diving in Namibia.|date=2009-05-27 |publisher=Allgemeine Zeitung |accessdate=2012-06-06 |last=Springer |first=Marc}}</ref> explains the depth problem: "the lake tapers into a lateral cave system making it impossible to determine its exact depth, estimated to be in access (''sic'') of 142 meters."
The lake was known to the [[Bushmen|San]] under the name ''Gaisis'' ("ugly"). When the [[Herero people|Herero]] moved into the area, they named it ''Otjikoto'' ([[Herero language|Otjiherero]]: "deep hole"). Namibia's [[Oshikoto Region]], in which the lake is situated, is an alternative spelling of ''Otjikoto'' and derives its name from that of the lake. The first Europeans to discover the lake were [[Francis Galton]] and [[Charles John Andersson|Carl Johan Andersson]], who during their search for [[Lake Ngami]] came upon Otjikoto Lake in 1851.<ref name="tourbrief">{{cite web
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