Wiñaymarka Lake

Wiñaymarka Lake is the southern branch of in and . The lake is hypothesised to have dried up during the Middle Formative Period as a result of a long-term drop in precipitation in the Altiplano from 400 to 200 BCE.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: southern branch of Lake Titicaca
  • Also known as: Huañamarca”, “Lago de Uiñaimarca”, “Lago Uiñaimarca”, “Laguna de Uinamarca”, “Laguna Huinaimarca”, “Lake Uinaimarca”, “Lake Uinamarca”, “Winamarca”, “Winaymarca”, and “Wuiñaimarca

Wiñaymarka Lake

Latitude
-16.33333° or 16° 20′ south
Longitude
-68.91667° or 68° 55′ west
Elevation
3,815 metres (12,516 feet)
Open location code
57MHM38M+M8
Geo­Names ID
3914490
Wiki­data ID
Q1819768
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wiñaymarka Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Lago de Huiñaymarca
  • Chinese: 維尼亞馬爾卡湖
  • Dutch: Winaymarka
  • Dutch: Wiñaymarka
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره وينايماركا
  • French: Wiñaymarca
  • Georgian: ვინიაიმარკა
  • German: Huiñaymarca
  • German: Lago Huiñaymarca
  • German: Wiñaymarka
  • Japanese: ウィニャイマルカ湖
  • Malay: Tasik Huinaymarca
  • Mingrelian: ვინიაიმარკა
  • Quechua: Wiñamarka qucha
  • Quechua: Wiñaymarka qucha
  • Spanish: Huiñamarca
  • Spanish: Huiñaymarca
  • Spanish: Lago de Huinaymarca
  • Spanish: Lago Menor
  • Spanish: Wiñaymarca
  • Swedish: Lago de Huiñaymarca

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Wiñaymarka Lake”. Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.