Laguna del Diamante vehicle. The lake was described by Antoine de Saint Exupéry in his book "Wind, Sand and Stars" as quoted, "...he [Guillaumet] caught sight of a dark horizontal blot which he recognized as a lake Laguna Diamante". Laguna del Diamante Laguna del Diamante (Spanish for "lake of the diamond") is a lake located in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, in the San Carlos Department, some 198 km from Mendoza. It covers a surface area of about 14.1 km² and is one of the largest freshwater resources in the Province. Nearby is Maipo volcano. The volcano and its reflection in the lake
Sontecomapan Lagoon Sontecomapan Lagoon Sontecomapan Lagoon (Laguna Sontecomapan also "Laguna de Sontecomapan") occupies an alluvial plain in the center of the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, , in southeast central Veracruz, east central Mexico on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico. The laguna is part of the Catemaco "municipio" stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the foothills of the San Martin Tuxtla Volcano and the Sierra Santa Marta. Tourism is concentrated on sightseeing the environmentally threatened mangroves of the laguna by rental "lancha" (boat) from the "embarcadero" (dock) in the village of Sontecomapan, watching kids dive at the shallow spring "Poza