Lake Sauce

Lake Sauce
Lake Sauce is located in Peru
Lake Sauce
Lake Sauce
Location within Peru
LocationSauce, San Martin, Peru
Coordinates6°42′37″S 76°13′11″W / 6.710237°S 76.219711°W / -6.710237; -76.219711
Basin countriesPeru
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 also locally known as Laguna Azul (Spanish for "blue lake"), is a lake in Peru. It is located in the region of San Martin, 45 km from the city of Tarapoto, at 700 m of elevation and has an area of 4.3 km2. The lake is surrounded by hotels, camping facilities, forest remnants and agricultural land. The lake is a good spot for swimming and fishing.

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. 1 2 3 DK (2014). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Peru. Penguin. p. 260. ISBN 9781465432476.