Laguna Vilacota
| Laguna Vilacota | ||
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| Geographical location | Tacna region , Peru | |
| Drain | Río Mauri | |
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| Coordinates | 17 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 70 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 4433 m | |
| length | 4 km | |
| width | 3 km | |
The Laguna Vilacota is a lake in the Andes high mountains of South America in southeastern Peru .
The Laguna Vilacota is located in the Tacna region at an altitude of 4,433 m above sea level.
The Laguna is seen as the source lake of the Río Mauri , which flows from here 220 km in an easterly direction and flows into the Río Desaguadero at Calacoto . The Río Mauri flows for the first 96 km in Peruvian territory and then crosses the border to neighboring Bolivia , on whose territory the remaining 124 km are located.
The Laguna Vilacota has an average length of four kilometers and an average width of three kilometers, its greatest extent in north-south direction is 4,400 m and in east-west direction 3,700 m.