Lake Cote

Lake Cote (Spanish: Lago Cote), originally known as Lake Cóter, is a fresh water crater lake located in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. It is currently the largest natural lake in Costa Rica at 1.98-square-kilometre (0.76 sq mi). Its depth varies between 6 and 18 meters.[1][2]

Lake Cote
Lake Cote
Location in Costa Rica
Coordinates10.581389°N 84.911667°W / 10.581389; -84.911667
Typecrater lake
Max. length1 km (0.62 mi)
Surface area1.983 km2 (0.766 sq mi)
Max. depth18 m (59 ft)
Surface elevation680 m (2,230 ft)

Location

Located in Cote district, Guatuso canton, of Alajuela province, between the Arenal Volcano and Tenorio Volcano. Nearby is located the largest lake in Costa Rica, Lake Arenal, of artificial origin. [3]

Physical aspects

It is a crater lake of Maar type with a heart-like ovoid shape and a 1km diameter. Average depth is of 6.30m and maximum depth is 18m at the center area.

It is the natural drainage of River Cote.

Average water temperature is around 21.9°C and 27.9°C.

Uses

The lake is used for tourism, subsistence fishing, hydropower electricity generation and as a conservation area. It is regarded as a sacred place by the local Maleku people.[3]

Cote UFO
Cote UFO, 1971

On 4 September 1971, during an aerial survey by the National Geographic Institute of Costa Rica, what looks like a UFO was photographed over Lake Cote (see photo).

References
  1. Haberyan, Kurt A. (March 2003). "Basic limnology of fifty-one lakes in Costa Rica". SciELO. 51 (1). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. Umaña, Gerardo (April–June 2014). "Ten years of limnological monitoring of a modified natural lake in the tropics: Cote Lake, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 62 (2).CS1 maint: date format (link)
  3. Chaves, Gerardo (2 February 1997). "Cóter: Paraíso lacustre". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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