Lake Fúquene
| Lake Fúquene | |
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View of Lake Fúquene | |
Lake Fúquene is shown in the south of Boyacá, bordering Cundinamarca | |
| Location | Fúquene, Boyacá & Cundinamarca |
| Coordinates | 5°28′00″N 73°45′00″W / 5.46667°N 73.75000°W |
| Type | Intermontane |
| Primary outflows | Suárez River |
| Basin countries | Colombia |
| Max. length | 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) (1957) |
| Max. width | 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) (1957) |
| Surface area | 30 square kilometres (320,000,000 sq ft) |
| Average depth | 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) |
| Max. depth | 4 metres (13 ft) (1957) |
| Water volume | 82.5 cubic megametres (2.91×1021 cu ft) |
| Surface elevation | 2,540 metres (8,330 ft) |
| Islands | Formerly Isla grande or Chiguy/Chuiguí |
Lake Fúquene is a heart-shaped lake located in the Ubaté-Chiquinquirá Valley, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, in the north of Cundinamarca, Colombia, at the border with Boyacá. The Andean lake, at an average altitude of 2,540 metres (8,330 ft), was considered sacred in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the area before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s.
Due to drainage of the waters for agriculture and dairy farming, the lake levels have dropped drastically in recent years and many flora and fauna species have disappeared.