El Junco
El Junco Lagoon is a lake in the highlands of San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos Islands. Despite the name, it is a volcanic crater lake rather than a lagoon.Photo: Mikko Koponen, CC BY 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Cristobal.
San Cristobal
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Cristóbal Island, also known as Chatham Island, is the easternmost island in the Galápagos archipelago, as well as one of the oldest geologically. It is administratively part of San Cristóbal Canton, Ecuador.
El Junco
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake
- Category: lake
- Location: Galápagos, Ecuador, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.89532° or 0° 53′ 43″ southLongitude
-89.47998° or 89° 28′ 48″ westOpen location code
66FG4G3C+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 62326503OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q3049990
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“El Junco” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إلخونكو (بحيرة)”
- Arabic: “إلخونكو”
- Cebuano: “Laguna El Junco”
- Finnish: “El Junco”
- French: “El Junco”
- Japanese: “エル・フンコ”
- Spanish: “Laguna El Junco”
- Swedish: “Laguna El Junco”
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Highlights include Cerro El Tropezón (El Niño) and Cerro San Joaquín 896m.
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