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Lake Guatavita

A volcanic crater lake roughly 35 miles northeast of Bogotá, sacred to the Muisca for over a thousand years as the site of the gold-offering coronation ritual behind the El Dorado legend.

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In Colombia

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Places

  • Colombia

    Lake Guatavita is located in Colombia.

Creatures & Figures

  • El Dorado

    Lake Guatavita was the site of El Dorado.

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