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Lake Atitlán ((スペイン語:Lago de Atitlán), (:atiˈtlan)) is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range. It is in the Sololá Department of northern Guatemala. "Atitlan" means "at the water" in Nahuatl. ==Geography== Lake Atitlán is the deepest lake in Central America with a maximum depth of about . It is approximately 12 x 5 km with around 20 km3 of water. Atitlán is technically an endorheic lake, feeding into two nearby rivers rather than draining into the ocean. It is shaped by deep surrounding escarpments and three volcanoes on its southern flank. The lake basin is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed by an eruption 84,000 years ago. The culture of the towns and villages surrounding Lake Atitlán is influenced by the Maya people. The lake is about west-northwest of Antigua. It should not be confused with the smaller Lake Amatitlán. Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. German explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt called it "the most beautiful lake in the world," 〔Morgan Szybist, Richard (2004), The Lake Atitlan Reference Guide: The Definitive Eco-Cultural Guidebook on Lake Atitlan, Adventures in Education, Inc.〕 and Aldous Huxley famously wrote of it in his 1934 travel book ''Beyond the Mexique Bay'': "Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing." ;Agriculture The area supports extensive coffee and avocado orchards and a variety of farm crops, most notably corn and onions. Other significant agricultural products include beans, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic, chile verde, strawberries and pitahaya fruit. The lake itself is rich in animal life, providing a significant food source for the largely indigenous population. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Atitlán」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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