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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: southern branch of Lake Titicaca
  • Also known as: “Huañamarca”, “Huiñamarca”, “Huiñaymarca”, “Lago de Huinaymarca”, “Lago de Uiñaimarca”, “Lago Huiñaymarca”, “Lago Menor”, “Lago Uiñaimarca”, “Laguna de Uinamarca”, “Laguna Huinaimarca”, “Lake Uinaimarca”, “Lake Uinamarca”, “Winamarca”, “Wiñamarka qucha”, “Winaymarca”, “Winaymarka”, 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: “Wiñaymarka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره وينايماركا”
  • French: “Wiñaymarca”
  • Georgian: “ვინიაიმარკა”
  • German: “Wiñaymarka”
  • Japanese: “ウィニャイマルカ湖”
  • Korean: “위냐이마르카호”
  • Malay: “Tasik Huinaymarca”
  • Mingrelian: “ვინიაიმარკა”
  • Quechua: “Wiñaymarka qucha”
  • Spanish: “Wiñaymarca”
  • Swedish: “Lago de Huiñaymarca”

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