GUATEMALA - ATITLAN LAKE - San Juan La Laguna (287)

            LAKE ATITLAN

Lake Atitlán is one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. Located almost 50 km from the city of Antigua, its history dates back to eleven million years BC. The location of the lake was high ground beneath which was a chamber filled with a sea of lava. This immense cavern gradually emptied with each volcanic eruption. 84,000 years ago, it suddenly collapsed following a final flow of magma, forming a large excavation of 130 km². Over time, rain and water from the surrounding rivers flowed into the gigantic basin, forming an immense lake. Lake Atitlán has no natural outlet, waterfall or stream. It does not communicate with any river or sea, it is what we call an “endoreic” lake. It feeds on rain and runoff, while water is evacuated by evaporation or infiltration.

It is the deepest lake in Central America with a probable maximum depth of 350 m. approximately and it is bordered to the south by three large volcanoes (the San Pedro, Tolimán and Atitlán volcanoes, the latter culminating at 3,537 m).

The Mayans were struck by the impressive appearance of its landscape. They believed it to be a portal to the world below. For them, heaven and earth met in the middle of the lake thanks to a long invisible rope. For these Indians, who tenderly call it “grandmother Atitlán”, the lake is sacred. Volcanoes and mountains too.

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Taken on: March 13, 2024

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