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Lake Titicaca (Spanish: Lago Titicaca, Quechua: Titiqaqa Qucha) 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 3,812 metres (12,507 ft). The "highest navigable lake " claim is generally considered to refer to commercial craft. For many years the largest vessel afloat on the lake was the 2,200-ton, 79-metre (259 ft) SS Ollanta. Today the largest vessel is most likely the similarly sized train barge /float Manco Capac, operated by PeruRail. Numerous smaller bodies of water around the world are at higher elevations.There were other cultures that lived on Lake Titicaca prior to the arrival of the Incas. In 2000, a team of international archaeologists made a spectacular discovery when they found the ruins of an underwater temple. This temple is thought to be between 1000 and 1500 years old, hence predating the Inca civilization, and was perhaps built by the Tiwanaku people.