Glazier Lake
Laguna Glaciar is a lake in the Larecaja Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia. It located in the Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif. Its surface area is 0.2 km2. At an elevation of 5,038 m, it is the 19th highest lake in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: LaCris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Bolivia
- Also known as: “Glaciar Lake” and “Laguna Glaciar”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Illampu and Ancohuma.
Illampu
Peak
Photo: codiferous, CC BY 2.0.
Illampu is the fourth highest mountain in Bolivia. It is located in the northern section of the Cordillera Real, part of the Andes, east of Lake Titicaca. Illampu is situated 2½ km northeast of Glazier Lake.
Ancohuma
Peak
Photo: Christopher Walker, CC BY 2.0.
Ancohuma or Janq'u Uma is the third highest mountain in Bolivia. It is located in the northern section of the Cordillera Real, part of the Andes, east of Lake Titicaca. Ancohuma is situated 3½ km southeast of Glazier Lake.
Ch’iyar Qullu
Peak
Ch'iyar Qullu is a 4,875-metre-high mountain in the north of the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Sorata Municipality. Ch’iyar Qullu is situated 4 km southwest of Glazier Lake.
Glazier Lake
- Category: lake
- Location: La Paz, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude
-15.83138° or 15° 49′ 53″ southLongitude
-68.5601° or 68° 33′ 36″ westOpen location code
57PH5C9Q+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 161023441OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q3068856
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Glazier Lake” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Laguna Glaciar”
- Chinese: “格拉西爾湖”
- Czech: “Laguna Glaciar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره جلاسيار”
- French: “Laguna glaciar”
- French: “Laguna Glaciar”
- French: “lagune glaciaire”
- Portuguese: “Laguna Glaciar”
- Quechua: “Glaciar qucha”
- Quechua: “Illampu chullunku qucha”
- Quechua: “Laguna Glaciar”
- Slovak: “Laguna Glaciar”
- Spanish: “Laguna Glaciar”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mirador Titisani and Cerro Wakana.
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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 “Glazier Lake”. Photo: LaCris, CC BY-SA 4.0.