largest lake in venezuela
Lake Maracaibo â Map & Description. print this map. Lake Maracaibo is the largest lake on the South American continent, and one of the planet's oldest bodies of water. Geologists report that Maracaibo is one of only a handful of ancient lakes on earth, and it is estimated to be the second oldest; formed nearly 35 million years ago. This brackish body of water is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela and the Caribbean Sea by a 34 mile (55 km) long strait on its northern edge.