Lake Atitlan

 Lake Atitlan was once a massive volcano that blew up 84,000 years ago. It created a gigantic crater that eventually filled with water creating a huge lake,  now called Lake Atitlan. Lake Atitlán is the deepest lake in Central America. Its surface area is 50 square miles. The lake's deepest depth of about 1,120 feet.
                                                                       
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