Lake Petén Itzá

Lake Petén Itzá is a in the northern in . It is the third largest lake in Guatemala, after and .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake
  • Also known as: Lago de Flores”, “Lago de Petén Ytza”, “Lago del Petén”, “Lago Peten Iza”, “Lago San Andrés”, “Laguna de Petén”, “Laguna Peten Itza”, and “Lake Peten Itza

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Miguel and San José.

is a small village on the north shore of Lago Petén Itzá in the Petén department of the of .

is a small village on the north shore of Lago Petén Itzá in the Petén department of the of .

Lake Petén Itzá

Latitude
16.99571° or 16° 59′ 45″ north
Longitude
-89.81366° or 89° 48′ 49″ west
Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)
Open location code
768GX5WP+7G
Geo­Names ID
3591406
Wiki­data ID
Q1347461
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Lake Petén Itzá” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Petén Itzá aintzira
  • Belarusian: Возера Петэн-Іца
  • Belarusian: Петэн-Іца
  • Catalan: lago Petén Itzá
  • Cebuano: Lake Petén Itzá
  • Chinese: 佩滕伊察湖
  • Chinese: 佩腾湖
  • Chinese: 佩藤伊扎湖
  • Chinese: 佩騰湖
  • Chuvash: Петен-Ица
  • Czech: Lago Petén Itzá
  • Czech: Petén Itzá
  • Dutch: Meer van Peten Itza
  • Dutch: Meer van Petén Itzá
  • Esperanto: Lago Petén Itzá
  • French: lac Petén Itzá
  • French: Lac Petén Itzá
  • French: Petén Itzá
  • German: Lago Petén Itzá
  • German: Petén Itzá
  • German: Petén-Itzá-See
  • German: Petén-See
  • Hebrew: אגם פטן איצה
  • Indonesian: Danau Petén Itzá
  • Italian: Lago Petén Itzá
  • Italian: Peten Itza
  • Italian: Petén Itzá
  • Japanese: ペテン・イツァ湖
  • Korean: 페텐이트사호
  • Latvian: Lago Peten Itza
  • Latvian: Lago Petén Itzá
  • Latvian: Petén Itzá
  • Latvian: Petenicas ezers
  • Lithuanian: Peten Ica
  • Low German: Petén-Itzá-See
  • Polish: Peten Itza
  • Polish: Petén Itzá
  • Portuguese: Lago Petén Itzá
  • Russian: Петен-Ица
  • Serbo-Croatian: Petén Itzá
  • Slovenian: jezero petén Itzá
  • Slovenian: Lago Petén Itzá
  • Slovenian: Petén Itzá
  • Spanish: (Lago Petén Itzá
  • Spanish: Lago Peten Itza
  • Spanish: Lago Peten Itzá
  • Spanish: Lago Petén Itza
  • Spanish: Lago Petén Itzá
  • Spanish: Lago Peten
  • Spanish: Lago Petén
  • Spanish: Peten Itza
  • Spanish: Peten Itzá
  • Spanish: Petén Itza
  • Spanish: Petén Itzá
  • Spanish: Peten-Itza
  • Spanish: Peten-Itzá
  • Spanish: Petén-Itza
  • Spanish: Petén-Itzá
  • Swedish: Lake Petén Itzá
  • Turkish: Petén Itzá Gölü
  • Venetian: Petén Itzá
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Petén Itzá

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