Yaxhá Lake
Yaxhá Lake is a Guatemalan lake situated in the northern department of El Petén. The ancient Maya City of Yaxhá was built on the shores of Yaxhá Lake, and the Maya ruins of Topoxté occupy a group of three small islands, Canté, Paxté and Topoxte, at the western end of the lake.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of around 160 metres (540 feet)
- Description: body of water
- Also known as“Lago YaxᔓLaguna de YaxᔓLaguna YashᔓLaguna YaxhᔓLaguna Yaxja”
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Yaxhá Lake
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Latitude
17.0665° or 17° 3′ 59″ north
Longitude
-89.40908° or 89° 24′ 33″ west
Open location code
769G3H8R+J9
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Yaxhá Lake” goes by many names.
Laguna YaxjáCebuano
Laguna YaxháDutch
ヤシュハ湖Japanese
Jašhos ežerasLithuanian
Laguna YaxjáSwedish
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