Amatitlan

Amatitlan, a deep lake in the Central American state of Guatemala, surrounded with high and precipitous rocks of volcanic origin. It empties into the Pacific Ocean through the river Michatoyat. Near the banks of the lake are many hot springs, and on the river is the town of Amatitlan, as late as 1840 but a miserable Indian village, but now, through the introduction of the cochineal, an active town of 10,000 inhabitants.