Lake Titicaca is on which continent?
Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (, ; ) is a large, deep lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru, often called the "highest navigable lake" in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, it is the largest lake in South America. Lake Maracaibo has a larger surface area, but it is a tidal bay, not a lake. Lake Titicaca has a surface elevation of . The "highest navigable lake" claim is generally considered to refer to commercial craft. Numerous smaller bodies of water around the world are at higher elevations. For many years the
Lake Titicaca "Wiñay Marka," which in Aymara means "The Eternal City") and the larger part "Lago Chucuito." In Peru, these smaller and larger parts are referred to as "Lago Pequeño" and "Lago Grande", respectively. Lake Titicaca is home to more than 530 aquatic species. The lake holds large populations of water birds and was designated as a Ramsar Site on August 26, 1998. Several threatened species such as the huge Titicaca water frog and the flightless Titicaca grebe are largely or entirely restricted to the lake, and the Titicaca orestias has likely become extinct (last seen in 1938) due to competition and