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.Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Lago Yaxá”, “Laguna de Yaxá”, “Laguna Yashá”, “Laguna Yaxha”, “Laguna Yaxhá”, and “Laguna Yaxja”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yaxha.
Yaxha
Yaxha is a Mesoamerican archaeological site in the northeast of the Petén Basin in modern-day Guatemala. As a ceremonial centre of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Yaxha was the third largest city in the region and experienced its maximum power during the Early Classic period.Yaxhá Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Petén Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Yaxhá Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laguna Yaxjá”
- Dutch: “Laguna Yaxhá”
- Japanese: “ヤシュハ湖”
- Lithuanian: “Jašhos ežeras”
- Portuguese: “Laguna Yaxhá”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Yaxha”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Yaxhá”
- Spanish: “Laguna Yaxha”
- Spanish: “Laguna Yaxhá”
- Swedish: “Laguna Yaxjá”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sitio Arqueológico Yaxjá and Islote Topoxté.
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