Talk:Lake Atitlán

Errors
There is no mention of the heights or activity of the Volanoes. Atitlan is dormant and stands at 3,557m, the largest of the three volcanoes on the lake. Also dormant, Toliman with its two peaks the principal one being the north and there is a south at 3,158 and 3,134 respectively. The smallest being the extinct volcano San Pedro standing alone at a height of 3,020. - Andy Statham, Santa Cruz, Lago de Atitlan


 * volcan atitlan is on south of caldera not north, I know, i live there. I can't change it on the page. Also panajachel is most definitely NOt the largest town . I allen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.77.24 (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Allen is correct on both counts. Santiago Atitlan is the largest town.

Discrepancy?
There appears to be a discrepancy in this article:

In the second paragraph it says: The lake is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed in an eruption 84,000 years ago.

Under Geological History, further down, it says: ....the most recent (volcanic activity) of which began about 1.8 million years ago and culminated in the formation of the present caldera.

This seems to be a discrepancy. When was the caldera formed?

hbardorf@bigpond.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

That's not a discrepancy, it may have begun then (1.8 mya), but it ended much later (perhaps 84,000 ya). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Medajor (talk • contribs) 04:22, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

It may also be interesting
to mention that the black bass introduced to the lake also live at a depth that cannot be fished without special equipment, thus their introduction has contributed in no way to the areas popularity with tourists, i'm not sure how to make this addition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ishouldthinkso (talk • contribs) 15:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Somehow, the black bass are routinely shot with spear guns by the local fishermen.

Name
The name of this article is incorrect. The lake is known as Lake Atitlan in English. Unlike Rio Dulce, the English spelling is overwhelmingly the most common usage on the Web and in travel guidebooks (I Googled it). it should be changed.StonePeter (talk) 19:44, 6 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Google's Ngram viewer overwhelmingly supports the above suggestion. A case-insensitive search for "Lake Atitlán, Lake Atitlan, Atitlán Lake, Atitlan Lake, Atitlán, Atitlan" (click to view graph) on English sources includes this comment from Google
 * Search for "Atitlan Lake" yielded only one result. Search for "Lake Atitlán" yielded only one result. Search for "Atitlán" yielded only one result. Ngrams not found: Atitlán Lake
 * For the English language article, it seems that a name change is desirable. hunterhogan 17:13, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Depth of the lake
The first paragraph of the article says: “Atitlan is recognized to be the deepest lake in Central America with maximum depth about 340 metres (1,120 ft).“

Later in the paragraph entitled Geological History is the statement: “The lake now fills a large part of the caldera, reaching depths of up to 600 metros.“ Does that mean the lake only fills part of the depth of the caldera? Or what? Seems like there might be a discrepancy, but I don’t have the expertise to tell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgmccue (talk • contribs) 18:26, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

The article is correct. Part of the caldera is above the water and between the water and the rim are the towns and villages around the lake. Look in Google Earth and zoom in and out (not too close) and you will get some sense of that. Note: The descent on the eastern side is particularly steep. I suspect the lowest point of the rim is at the end of the arm of the lake adjacent to Santiago Atitlan. Sololá which overlooks the lake is over 600 meters higher than Panajachel on the lakeshore and the road continues upwards from Sololá although not so steeply. StonePeter (talk) 18:05, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Confusion warning
In the body of the text, it reads, "...it should not be confused with the smaller Lake Amatitlán." On other articles, this type of warning is at the top of the article in Italics. If I knew how to make this edit, I would change it myself. hunterhogan 16:53, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

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Additional information on Spanish page
I thought it would be reasonable to note that there is some other information on the Spanish Wikipedia page. However, the sources are not properly cited, so it would take some research to find references for the information. Whitevelcro (talk) 20:42, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Jaibalito
The Culture section says that Jaibalito is unreachable by road, but Google Maps says that there is one. I can't verify it via sat view, so I didn't make the change. User:Medajor —Preceding undated comment added 04:26, 4 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Using the Apple Map sat view, I can just make out a hint of a road, probably a dirt road or trail, that sort of zigs and jogs and runs southeast from Jaibalito and passes near the La Casa del Mundo hotel. It then continues on generally to the northeast, roughly following the lake shore and appears to connect with the Santa Cruz la Laguna area. Like I said, I dont know what kind of road or trail it is I'm seeing, and it may not be much, but there does appear to be something there. Hope this helps! --DB1729 (talk) 04:53, 4 November 2019 (UTC)