Lake Ilopango
Lake Ilopango is a crater lake which fills an 8 by 11 km: 70.5 km2 volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, on the borders of the San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatlán departments.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Lake
- Description: Crater lake in El Salvador
- Also known as: “Laguna de Ilapango”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ilopango.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Miguel Tepezontes and Ilopango.
San Miguel Tepezontes
Town
San Miguel Tepezontes is a municipality in the La Paz department of El Salvador. San Miguel Tepezontes is situated 6 km southeast of Lake Ilopango.
Ilopango
Town
Ilopango is a town and district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Ilopango is situated 7 km west of Lake Ilopango.
San Martín
Town
San Martín is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. San Martín is situated 7 km north of Lake Ilopango.
Lake Ilopango
- Category: body of water
- Location: El Salvador, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.67306° or 13° 40′ 23″ north
Longitude
-89.04694° or 89° 2′ 49″ west
Elevation
442 metres (1,450 feet)
Open location code
765GMXF3+66
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Ilopango” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة إيلوبانغو”
- Basque: “Ilopangoko aintzira”
- Catalan: “llac de l’Ilopango”
- Catalan: “Llac Ilopango”
- Cebuano: “Lago de Ilopango”
- Chinese: “伊洛潘戈湖”
- Czech: “Ilopango”
- Dutch: “Lago de Ilopango”
- French: “lac Ilopango”
- French: “Lac Ilopango”
- German: “Ilopango-See”
- Hungarian: “Ilopango-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Ilopango”
- Japanese: “イロパンゴ湖”
- Latvian: “Ilopango ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Ilopangas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lago de Ilopango”
- Norwegian: “Ilopango”
- Persian: “دریاچه ایلوپانگو”
- Polish: “Ilopango”
- Portuguese: “Lago Ilopango”
- Russian: “Илопанго”
- Serbian: “Илопанго (језеро)”
- Serbian: “Илопанго”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ilopango (jezero)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ilopango”
- Slovak: “Lago de Ilopango”
- Slovenian: “Ilopango (jezero)”
- Slovenian: “Ilopango”
- Spanish: “Lago de Ilopango”
- Swedish: “Ilopangosjön”
- Turkish: “İlopango Gölü”
- Welsh: “Llyn Ilopango”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: El Sauce and Dolores Apulo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Cerros Quemados and Isla Portillón.
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