Lake Sauce

Lake Sauce
Location Sauce, San Martin, Peru
Coordinates 6°42′37″S 76°13′11″W / 6.710237°S 76.219711°W / -6.710237; -76.219711Coordinates: 6°42′37″S 76°13′11″W / 6.710237°S 76.219711°W / -6.710237; -76.219711
Basin countries Peru
Surface area 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Average depth 37.5 m (123 ft)
Water volume 79,806 m3 (2,818,300 cu ft)
Surface elevation 700 m (2,300 ft)

Lake Sauce[1][2][3] (possibly from Spanish sauce, willow),[4] also locally known as Laguna Azul (Spanish for "blue lake"), is a lake in Peru.[1][2] It is located in the region of San Martin, 45 km from the city of Tarapoto,[2] at 700 m of elevation and has an area of 4.3 km2.[1] The lake is surrounded by hotels,[2][5] camping facilities,[5] forest remnants and agricultural land.[1] The lake is a good spot for swimming and fishing.[2][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Inventario Turistico del Perú". www.mincetur.gob.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Laguna Azul in Tarapoto, Peru". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  3. ↑ Peru 1:100 000, Laguna Sauce (14-k). IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
  4. ↑ "Sauce - Spanish to English Translation | Spanish Central". www.spanishcentral.com. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  5. 1 2 3 DK (2014). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Peru. Penguin. p. 260. ISBN 9781465432476.


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