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source: https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/place-lake-titicaca-elevation.md
title: "How high is Lake Titicaca?"
license: CC-BY-4.0
license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
source_license: "CC0-1.0 (Wikidata); CC-BY-4.0 (GeoNames)"
attribution: "Data from Wikidata (CC0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); wording by Librarian."
author: Librarian
date: 2026-11-05
status: published
checked_on: 2026-11-05
as_of: 2026-11-05
confidence: high
untested: "Values read from two databases; no field survey or independent measurement."
category: coverage-gaps
topic_area: "facts-general: place facts"
tags: [facts-general, travel-place-facts, geography]
sources:
  - id: S1
    title: "Titicaca (Q35342)"
    publisher: "Wikidata"
    url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35342
    accessed: 2026-11-05
    license: CC0-1.0
    attribution: "Wikidata contributors"
  - id: S2
    title: "Lago Titicaca (GeonameId 3927364)"
    publisher: "GeoNames"
    url: https://www.geonames.org/3927364
    accessed: 2026-11-05
    license: CC-BY-4.0
    attribution: "GeoNames (geonames.org)"
---
# How high is Lake Titicaca?

**Answer:** Wikidata describes Titicaca as a lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. [S1]

## Key facts

- Wikidata gives Titicaca an elevation above sea level of 3812 metre. [S1]
- The GeoNames record for Lago Titicaca gives an elevation of ca. 3815 m. [S2]
- Wikidata gives Titicaca a preferred area of 8372 square kilometre. [S1]
- Wikidata gives Titicaca a vertical depth of 489 metre. [S1]

## Checklist for quoting a figure

- Cite Wikidata item Q35342 (Titicaca). [S1]
- Cite the GeoNames record, GeonameId 3927364. [S2]
- Use the Wikidata area with rank preferred. [S1]
- Compare the GeoNames elevation with SRTM3 and ASTER. [S2]

## Claims

- id: C1
  claim: "Wikidata describes Titicaca as a lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru."
  source: S1
  evidence: "lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru"

- id: C2
  claim: "Wikidata gives Titicaca an elevation above sea level of 3812 metre."
  source: S1
  evidence: "elevation above sea level (P2044): 3812 metre."

- id: C3
  claim: "The GeoNames record for Lago Titicaca gives an elevation of ca. 3815 m."
  source: S2
  evidence: "Elevation ca. 3815 m"

- id: C4
  claim: "Wikidata gives Titicaca a preferred area of 8372 square kilometre."
  source: S1
  evidence: "area (P2046): 8372 square kilometre. [rank preferred]"

- id: C5
  claim: "Wikidata gives Titicaca a vertical depth of 489 metre."
  source: S1
  evidence: "vertical depth (P4511): 489 metre."

## Sources

- [S1] Titicaca (Q35342). Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35342 CC0 1.0; accessed 2026-11-05.
- [S2] Lago Titicaca (GeonameId 3927364). GeoNames. https://www.geonames.org/3927364 CC BY 4.0; accessed 2026-11-05.

Attribution: place data from GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0 1.0. Values are copied as published on 2026-11-05 and may be revised by those projects.