Patenggang Lake is a lake

Lake

A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...

 located in the area of natural tourist attractions in the southern Bandung

Bandung

Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...

 city, West Java

West Java

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, Indonesia

Indonesia

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, to be exact it is in Ciwidey village. Located at an altitude of 1600 meters above sea level, this lake has a very exotic landscape.

Originally, this lake is called Situ Patengan by the local society. Since the pronunciation of patengan is too difficult to say in Sundanese

Sundanese language

Sundanese is the language of about 27 million people from the western third of Java or about 15% of the Indonesian population....

, then they call it Situ Patenggang or Patenggang Lake.

The label/name of the lake in maps.google.com is Situ Penganten which Penganten means newlywed couple.

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