Petexbatún Lake

Petexbatún is a small lake formed by a river of the same name, which is a tributary of the . It is near , located in the southern area of the department of .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Sayaxché, Petén Department, Guatemala
  • Also known as: Lago de Petexbatum”, “Lago Petexbatún”, “Laguna Petexbatun”, “Petexbatun”, and “Petexbatún

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aguateca.

Photo: HJPD, CC BY 3.0.
is a Maya site located in northern 's Petexbatun Basin, in the department of . The first settlements at date to the Late Preclassic period.

Petexbatún Lake

Latitude
16.42767° or 16° 25′ 40″ north
Longitude
-90.18851° or 90° 11′ 19″ west
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
768FCRH6+3H
Geo­Names ID
3591402
Wiki­data ID
Q973897
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Swedish—“Petexbatún Lake” goes by many names.
  • Breton: Petexbatún
  • Cebuano: Laguna Petexbatún
  • Chinese: 佩泰斯巴通湖
  • Chinese: 佩特什巴通
  • Chinese: 佩特什巴通湖
  • Dutch: Petexbatún
  • Dutch: Petexbatúnmeer
  • Finnish: Petexbatún
  • French: Petexbatún
  • Hebrew: אגם פטקסבטון
  • Indonesian: Danau Petexbatún
  • Japanese: ペテシュバトゥン湖
  • Lithuanian: Petešbatunas
  • Polish: Petexbatún
  • Portuguese: Laguna Petexbatún
  • Russian: Петешбатун
  • Spanish: Petexbatun
  • Spanish: Petexbatún
  • Swedish: Laguna Petexbatún

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