Bacalar Lagoon
| Bacalar Lagoon | ||
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| View over the Bacalar lagoon | ||
| Geographical location | Mexico | |
| Tributaries | (underground) | |
| Drain | (underground) | |
| Islands | min. 2 | |
| Places on the shore | Bacalar | |
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 44 ′ N , 88 ° 21 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 0 m | |
| length | 42 km | |
| width | 2 km | |
The lagoon of Bacalar ( Spanish Laguna de Bacalar ) is a lake in the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico , on the banks of which the eponymous city of Bacalar is located.
The lagoon was created by the merging of seven cenotes , i.e. doline-like limestone holes, in German usage a lake and not a lagoon. Due to the different colors of the water surface, the lake is also known as the lagoon of the seven colors ( Spanish: Laguna de los Siete Colores ).
The Bacalar Lagoon is one of the few permanent bodies of water on the Yucatán Peninsula . In the rainy season there is sometimes an above-ground connection to neighboring lagoons, the Río Hondo or the Bay of Chetumal .
The lagoon is also known for its stromatolites .