Lake Umayo
Lake Umayo is a lake in Atuncolla District of the Puno Region of Peru. The Sillustani burial ground is near the shores of the lake. The lake is located at an elevation of 3,844 metres and is about 8 kilometres long and 3 kilometres wide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alfredobi, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: lake in Peru
- Also known as: “Umayo Hacienda”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sillustani.
Sillustani
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sillustani is a tiny settlement some 40 km from Puno, in the Peruvian Altiplano. A tour to Sillustani will give you a better view into the life of pre-Inca civilizations, and exploring the area, you can marvel with the great beauty of the Umayo Lagoon, which is located at the foot of Sillustani.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hatuncolla.
Lake Umayo
- Categories: lake, scree, locality, and landform
- Location: Atuncolla District, Puno Province, Puno, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-15.73617° or 15° 44′ 10″ southLongitude
-70.16999° or 70° 10′ 12″ westPopulation
115Elevation
3,940 metres (12,927 feet)Open location code
57PF7R7J+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 389413886OpenStreetMap feature
natural=screeOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Umayo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Lake Umayo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “烏馬約湖”
- Esperanto: “Lago Umajo”
- French: “lac Umayo”
- French: “Lac Umayo”
- Georgian: “უმაიო”
- Polish: “Umayo”
- Quechua: “Umayu qucha”
- Russian: “Умайо”
- Spanish: “Lago Umayo”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Umayo”
- Welsh: “Llyn Umayo”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Antonio de Umayo and Cacsi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Laguna Cupecocha and Templo de San Andres Apostol.
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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 Umayo”. Photo: Alfredobi, Public domain.