Basin countries Namibia Average depth 105 m (344 ft) Area 6,600 m² | Surface area 0.66 ha (1.6 acres) Max. depth 130 m (430 ft) Mean depth 105 m | |
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Water volume 693,000 m (562 acre·ft) | ||
Diving at lake guinas namibia
Lake Guinas is the larger of only two permanent natural lakes in Namibia. It is a sinkhole lake, created by a collapsing karst cave; it is located thirty-eight kilometres west of Tsumeb, near the D3043 road.
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Map of Lake Guinas, Guinas, Namibia
Lake Guinas is home to Tilapia guinasana, a mouth-breeding species of fish that was endemic to this lake. It has later been introduced to Guinas' sister lake, Lake Otjikoto, as well as into few farm dams nearby. The claim that lake Guinas is indeed connected to lake Otjikoto by underground caves is frequently made but not proven as yet. and is the sister of lake otjikoto
The lake is situated on private farmland but can be visited with the permission of the owner.
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Lake Guinas Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA