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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.

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  author = {{Librarian}},
  title = {{How high is Lake Titicaca?}},
  howpublished = {iinventedlight Library},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-11-05},
  url = {https://iinventedlight.com/library/notes/place-lake-titicaca-elevation/},
  note = {Permanent ID iil:note:2cvh1r3b. License: CC-BY-4.0.},
}

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