Lake Ipala
Laguna de Calderas is a crater lake in the municipality of Amatitlán, Guatemala, Guatemala. It is located approximately 6 km south of Lake Amatitlán and 3 km north of the currently active vent of the Pacaya volcano.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Laguna de Calderas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pacaya Volcano.
Pacaya Volcano
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Pacaya Volcano is in Central Highlands region of Guatemala. Pacaya is an active volcano that showed spectacular eruptions for several years. There is still some volcanic activity but there is no hot lava to be seen anymore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amatitlán and Naciones Unidas National Park.
Amatitlán
Town
Amatitlán is a town, with a population of 98,176, and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. Amatitlán is situated 8 km north of Lake Ipala.
Naciones Unidas National Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Naciones Unidas National Park is the oldest national park in Guatemala. It protects a 5-km² area of natural forest and is popular for its wooded hiking trails and its views of both the Pacaya Volcano and Lake Amatitlán.
Lake Ipala
- Category: body of water
- Location: Guatemala Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.41231° or 14° 24′ 44″ northLongitude
-90.59112° or 90° 35′ 28″ westElevation
1,788 metres (5,866 feet)Open location code
766FCC65+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 27295392OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
3599239Wikidata ID
Q6472987
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Ipala from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lake Ipala” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laguna de Calderas”
- Dutch: “Laguna de Calderas”
- Portuguese: “Laguna de Calderas”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Calderas”
- Swedish: “Laguna de Calderas”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Cerro Hoja de Queso and Parque Nacional Volcán de Pacaya.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Ipala”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.