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Lake
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Balıklıgöl - Pool of Abraham, Halil-Ür Rahman Lake, Sanliurfa
Eyyübiye, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Balıklıgöl - Pool of Abraham, Halil-Ür Rahman Lake, Sanliurfa is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.14765, 38.78470. Attributes: natural, cultural, pilgrimage. Tradition: Islamic. Associated figure: Abraham. Mythological context: Islamic. Located in Eyyübiye, Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi, Turkey.
Bedini Kund Sacred Lake, Bedini Bugyal, Uttarakhand
Tharali, Uttarakhand, India
Bedini Kund Sacred Lake, Bedini Bugyal, Uttarakhand is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 30.20618, 79.66723. Attributes: natural, cultural, pilgrimage. Located in Uttarakhand, India.
Dodital Sacred Lake, Uttarakhand
Bhatwari, Uttarakhand, India
Dodital Sacred Lake, Uttarakhand is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 30.89805, 78.52494. Attributes: natural, cultural, pilgrimage. Tradition: Hinduism. Associated figure: Ganesh. Mythological context: Birthplace of Ganesh. Located in Uttarakhand, India.
Hidden Lake
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Canada
Hidden Lake is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 51.48480, -116.10901. Attributes: natural. Hidden Lake or Hidden Lakes may refer to: Located in Alberta, Canada.
Khovsgol Lake
Khankh, Hovsgel, Mongolia
Khovsgol Lake is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 51.37824, 100.53284. Attributes: natural. Located in Хөвсгөл ᠬᠥᠪᠰᠦᠭᠦᠯ, Монгол улс ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ.
Lac Sainte Anne
Village of Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada
Lac Sainte Anne is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 53.67739, -114.35574. Attributes: natural, cultural, pilgrimage. Located in Village of Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada.
Lake Fundudzi
Thulamela Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Lake Fundudzi is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: -22.85320, 30.30789. Attributes: natural, cultural, ceremonial. Tradition: Venda. Lake Fundudzi (a.k.a. Lake Funduzi) is located in the Soutpansberg in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Measuring about 5 km by 3 km when full, it was created by an ancient landslide blocking the course of the Mutale River. The lake and its resident crocodiles as well as the nearby forest of Thathe Vondo, are regarded as sacred by the Vhatavhatsindi, the People of the Pool who are part of the Venda people. It is the only natural inland lake in Southern Africa. Located in Thulamela Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa.
Lake Gosainkunda
Rasuwa, Bagmati Province, Nepal
Lake Gosainkunda is a sacred lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 28.08251, 85.41469. Attributes: natural, cultural, pilgrimage. Located in Gosaikunda, बागमती प्रदेश, नेपाल.
Lake Guatavita
Sesquilé, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Lake Guatavita is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 4.97722, -73.77556. Attributes: natural, cultural, ceremonial. Tradition: Chibchan. Mythological context: El Dorado. Lake Guatavita (Spanish: Laguna Guatavita) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes in the municipality of Sesquilé in the Almeidas Province, Cundinamarca department of Colombia, 57 km (35 mi) northeast of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The lake is circular and has a surface area of 19.8 hectares (49 acres). The earlier theories of the crater s origin being a meteorite impact, volcanic cinder, or limestone sinkhole are now discredited. The most likely explanation is that it resulted from the dissolution of underground salt deposits from an anticline, resulting in a kind of sinkhole. There are hot springs nearby in the municipality of Sesquilé, which means hot water in the now-extinct language of Chibcha, once spoken by the local indigenous people, the Muisca. Spanish colonizers and Conquistadors knew about the existence of a sacred lake in the Eastern Ranges of the Andes possibly as early as 1531. The lake was associated with indigenous rituals involving gold. However, the first conquistador to arrive at the actual location was Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, possibly in June 1537, while on an expedition to the highlands of the Eastern Ranges of the Andes in search of gold. This brought the Spanish into first contact with the Muisca inhabiting the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, including around Lake Guatavita. The lake is a focus of ecotourism, and its association with the legend of El Dorado is also a major attraction. Located in Sesquilé, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Lake Lhamo Latso
Cêqu township, Tibet, China
Lake Lhamo Latso is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 29.51798, 92.73354. Attributes: natural, cultural, pilgrimage, ceremonial. Tradition: Buddhism. Associated figure: Dalai Lama. Mythological context: Tibetan Buddhism. Located in 崔久乡, 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།, China.
Lake Mungo
Willandra Lakes, New South Wales, Australia
Lake Mungo is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: -33.72337, 143.05664. Attributes: natural, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Tradition: Indigenous Australian. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lake Mungo is a dry lake located in New South Wales, Australia. It is about 760 km (472 miles) due west of Sydney and 90 km (56 miles) north-east of Mildura. The lake is the central feature of Mungo National Park, and is one of seventeen lakes in the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region. Many important archaeological findings have been made at the lake, most significantly the discovery of the remains of Mungo Man, the oldest human remains found in Australia, Mungo Woman, the oldest human remains in the world to be ritually cremated and as the location of the Lake Mungo geomagnetic excursion, the first convincing evidence that Geomagnetic excursions are a geomagnetic phenomenon rather than sedimentological. Located in New South Wales, Australia.
Lake Nam Tso
Baingoin County, Tibet, China
Lake Nam Tso is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 30.69461, 90.52734. Attributes: natural. Located in 班戈县 དཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང།, 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།, China.
Lake Tsomgo
Changgu, Sikkim, India
Lake Tsomgo is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 27.37445, 88.76321. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Buddhism. Tsomgo Lake, also known as Tsongmo Lake or Changgu Lake, is a glacial lake in Changu in the Gangtok district of the Indian state of Sikkim, some 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the capital Gangtok. Located at an elevation of 3,753 m (12,313 ft), the lake remains frozen during the winter season. The lake surface reflects different colours with change of seasons and is held in great reverence by the local Sikkimese people. Buddhist monks prognosticated after studying the changing colours of the lake. Located in Gangtok, Sikkim, India.
Lake Yamzho Yumco
Ngarzhag, Tibet, China
Lake Yamzho Yumco is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 29.00078, 90.66648. Attributes: natural. Located in 阿扎乡, 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།, China.
Lough Gur
The Municipal District of Cappamore — Kilmallock, Munster, Ireland
Lough Gur is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 52.51412, -8.54175. Attributes: built, natural, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Irish. Associated figure: Goddess Áine. Mythological context: Irish. Lough Gur (Irish: Loch Goir) is a lake in County Limerick, Ireland between the towns of Herbertstown and Bruff. The lake forms a horseshoe shape at the base of Knockadoon Hill and some rugged elevated countryside. It is one of Ireland s most important archaeological sites. Humans have lived near Lough Gur since about 3000 BC and there are numerous megalithic remains there. Grange stone circle (the largest stone circle in Ireland) and a dolmen are located near the lake. The remains of at least three crannogs are present, and remains of Stone Age houses have been unearthed (the house outlines are known as The Spectacles ). A number of ring forts are found in the area, with one hill fort overlooking the lake. Some are Irish national monuments. It is here that the 14th-century lord of Munster and poet Gearóid Iarla, votary of the Goddess Áine, is said to sleep in a cave and emerge at the time of Ireland s need to gallop around the lake on his great silver-shod white horse. A visitors centre is open beside Lough Gur, along with a car park and picnic area. A gradual shoreline is present at the visitor area, with a shallow section of lake reaching up to the maintained lawn. As a result, the area is often used for water sports, though motorised craft are banned on the lake. There is a castle, or tower house (closed to visitors) near the entrance to the carpark. Named Bourchier s Castle after Sir George Bourchier, the son of the second Earl of Bath, it lies at the neck of the peninsula around which the lake washes. There is some other architecture dating from more recent times, with the ruins of an early Christian church by the road leading down to the lake. At the far end of the lake are the ruins of a Norman castle, Black Castle, which is reached by a hillside walk along the east side of the lake. This is one of the keeps used during the Desmond Rebellions and is probably the place where the Earl of Desmond secured his authority in 1573 after casting off his English apparel and donning Irish garments on his return to Munster from London. Lough Gur is a famous location for finding Irish Elk skeletons. The National Museum of Ireland - Natural History has specimens from Lough Gur as does Leeds Museums and Galleries in the UK. Located in The Municipal District of Cappamore — Kilmallock, Munster, Éire / Ireland.
Mani Mahesh Lake and Temple, Budhil Valley, Himachal Pradesh
Brahmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India
Mani Mahesh Lake and Temple, Budhil Valley, Himachal Pradesh is a lake and temple of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.39468, 76.63724. Attributes: built, natural, cultural, pilgrimage. Tradition: Hinduism. Located in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Mantalai Lake, Himachal Pradesh
Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
Mantalai Lake, Himachal Pradesh is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.10810, 77.92276. Attributes: natural, cultural, pilgrimage. Located in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Tolay Lake
Sonoma County, California, United States
Charmstone Lake - Tolay Lake, California is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 38.20917, -122.51389. Attributes: natural, cultural. Located in California, United States.