Lake Ipala
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Laguna de Ipala is a crater lake
in Guatemala
. The lake is located in the south-eastern departments of Chiquimula
at the bottom of a 1 km wide crater of the Ipala volcano
. The lake has a surface area of 5.9 km² and is situated at an altitude of 1493 m.
Crater lake
A crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater or caldera, such as a maar; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an impact crater caused by a meteorite. Sometimes lakes which form inside calderas are called caldera lakes, but often this distinction is not...
in Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. The lake is located in the south-eastern departments of Chiquimula
Chiquimula (department)
- Municipalities :# Camotán# Chiquimula# Concepción Las Minas# Esquipulas# Ipala# Jocotán# Olopa# Quezaltepeque# San Jacinto# San José La Arada# San Juan Ermita-External links:*...
at the bottom of a 1 km wide crater of the Ipala volcano
Ipala (volcano)
Volcán Ipala is a stratovolcano in south-eastern Guatemala. It has a wide summit crater which contains a crater lake , whose surface lies about below the crater rim. Volcán Ipala is part of a cluster of small stratovolcanoes and cinder cone fields in south-eastern Guatemala....
. The lake has a surface area of 5.9 km² and is situated at an altitude of 1493 m.