Lake Valencia

Lake Valencia, formerly Lake Tacarigua, is a lake within and in northern .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: endorheic basin
  • Also known as: Lake Tacarigua” and “Lake Tacarigua o Valencia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burro Island.

Island
is a 247-hectare island belonging to , located in the waters of Valencia Lake. It is the largest of the 22 islands in the lake. Administratively, it is part of Guacara municipality in the central Venezuelan state of .

Lake Valencia

Latitude
10.17939° or 10° 10′ 46″ north
Longitude
-67.73124° or 67° 43′ 53″ west
Elevation
407 metres (1,335 feet)
Open location code
772J57H9+QG
Geo­Names ID
3481447
Wiki­data ID
Q1469728
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Valencia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Lake Valencia” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Valenciako aintzira
  • Belarusian: Валенсія
  • Belarusian: Возера Валенсія
  • Bulgarian: Валенсия (езеро)
  • Bulgarian: Валенсия
  • Catalan: Llac de Valencia
  • Chinese: 巴倫西亞湖
  • Croatian: Valencia (jezero u Venezueli)
  • Croatian: Valencia
  • Czech: Valencia
  • Dutch: Lake Valencia
  • Esperanto: Lago Valencia
  • French: lac de Valencia
  • French: Lac de Valencia
  • Georgian: ვალენსია
  • Georgian: ვალენსიის ტბა
  • German: Valenciasee
  • Greek: Βαλένσια
  • Indonesian: Danau Valencia
  • Italian: lago di Valencia
  • Italian: Lago di Valencia
  • Japanese: バレンシア湖
  • Lithuanian: Valensijos ežeras
  • Occitan (post 1500): Lac de Valéncia
  • Polish: Valencia (jezioro)
  • Polish: Valencia
  • Portuguese: Lago de Valência
  • Russian: Валенсийское озеро
  • Russian: Валенсия (озеро)
  • Russian: Валенсия
  • Russian: Такаригуа
  • Serbo-Croatian: Valencia
  • Slovenian: Lago Tacarigua
  • Slovenian: Valencijsko jezero
  • Spanish: Lago de Valencia
  • Spanish: Lago Tacarigua
  • Welsh: Llyn Valencia
  • Wu Chinese: 巴伦西亚湖
  • Lago Tacarigua

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lago de Valencia and Valle de Aragua.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Valencia”. Photo: Joseaperez, CC BY-SA 3.0.