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  2. Lake Izabal - Wikipedia

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    Lake Izabal (Spanish pronunciation:), also known as the Golfo Dulce, is the largest lake in Guatemala with a surface area of 589.6 km 2 (145,700 acres; 227. 6 sq mi ...

  3. Izabal Department - Wikipedia

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    The Izabal Department surrounds Lake Izabal (or Lago de Izabal), which is Guatemala's largest lake (about 48 km long and 24 km wide, with an area of about 590 km 2). The Spanish Colonial fort of San Felipe, now a Guatemalan national monument, overlooks the point where the lake flows into the Río Dulce .

  4. Castle of San Felipe de Lara - Wikipedia

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    Lake Izabal is connected with the Caribbean Sea via the Dulce River and El Golfete lake. [1] The fort was strategically situated at the narrowest point on the river. [ 2 ] The Castillo de San Felipe was used by the Spanish for several centuries, during which time it was destroyed and looted several times by pirates.

  5. List of lakes of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    4 Mexico City. 5 Michoacán. 6 Nayarit. 7 Nuevo León. 8 Puebla. 9 Quintana Roo. 10 Sinaloa. 11 Tamaulipas. 12 Veracruz. ... Lake Chapala (also in Michoacán) Lake ...

  6. Dulce River (Guatemala) - Wikipedia

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    At the entrance to the river there is a small Spanish colonial fort, the Castillo de San Felipe de Lara, built to stop pirates entering the lake from the Caribbean when this part of Central America was an important shipping staging point. Just after the river flows from Lake Izabal it is spanned by one of the biggest bridges in Central America ...

  7. Category:Geography of the Izabal Department - Wikipedia

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    Lake El Golfete; Lake Izabal; M. Sierra del Merendón This page was last edited on 27 January 2018, at 11:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  8. A lake in Mexico’s ‘magical town’ is disappearing ... - AOL

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    Lake Patzcuaro, a popular destination for Day of the Dead festivities, has lost more than half of its volume since authorities started keeping track. A lake in Mexico’s ‘magical town’ is ...

  9. Lake Petén Itzá - Wikipedia

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    It is the third largest lake in Guatemala, after Lake Izabal and Lake Atitlán. It is located around 16°59′0″N 89°48′0″W  /  16.98333°N 89.80000°W  / 16.98333; -89. It has an area of 99 km 2 (38 sq mi), and is some 32 km (20 mi) long and 5 km (3.1 mi) wide.