Yaxhá Lake
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| name = Yaxhá Lake
| image = Laguna Yaxha.jpg
| caption = View of Yaxhá Lake from the Maya ruins of Yaxhá
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| location = El Petén
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| type = limestone lake
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| basin_countries = Guatemala
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| area = {{convert|15|km2|abbr=on}}
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| elevation = {{convert|158|m|abbr=on}}
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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Yaxhá Lake in Guatemala.
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Yaxhá Lake is a Guatemalan lake situated in the northern department of El Petén.
The ancient Maya City of Yaxhá was built on the shores of Yaxhá Lake, and the Maya ruins of Topoxté occupy a group of three small islands, Canté, Paxté and Topoxte, at the western end of the lake.
References
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External links
- [http://www.reservasdeguatemala.org/yaxha.html Natural Private Reserve Association of Guatemala (NPRA)]
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Category:Geography of the Petén Department
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