Location South America Max. length 193 mi (311 km) Average depth 283 ft (86 m) Area 19,529 km² Length 310.6 km | Basin countries Guyana Max. width 53 mi (85 km) Surface elevation 2 m Mean depth 86 m Width 85 km | |
Surface area 7,540 sq mi (19,500 km) | ||
Mainstay Lake is a lake in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, near the Atlantic coast, northwest of the mouth of the Essequibo River, 19 km north of Adventure. There is a half-mile stretch of white sand at the edge of the lake.
Map of Mainstay Lake, Guyana
A resort has been built next to the lake, a forty-five-minute journey by car inland from Anna Regina, or through the resort on a twenty-minute flight from Georgetown to the resort’s airstrip.
Mainstay Lake hosts an annual regatta.
Whyaka is a thirteen square-mile Amerindian community where mostly Arawaks live. Arawaks were the first to inhabit the Mainstay area. They called it ‘Quacabuka’ meaning ‘in-between'.
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