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The swimming pool at San Alfonso del Mar from ground level. San Alfonso del Mar, sometimes spelled "San Alphonso del Mar", is a private resort in Algarrobo, Chile, about 100 km (62 mi) west of Santiago. [1]
Swimming Pool Country City Area Opened Water Notes Coordinates 1 Citystars Sharm El Sheikh Egypt: Sharm El Sheikh: 96,800 m 2 (1,042,000 sq ft) [1] See Note. 2015 Sea water 2 San Alfonso del Mar Chile: Algarrobo: 80,000 m 2 (860,000 sq ft) [2] 2006
The San Alfonso del Mar resort, located north of the city, is home to the world's largest outdoor pool. [5] Islote Pájaros Niños is a nature sanctuary on a rocky islet close to the shore, which is home to colonies of Humboldt penguins, Peruvian pelicans, and Guanay cormorants. [6]
According to the Guinness World Records, the largest swimming pool in the world is San Alfonso del Mar Seawater pool in Algarrobo, Chile. It is 1,013 m (3,323 ft) long and has an area of 8 ha (20 acres). At its deepest, it is 3.5 m (11 ft) deep. [14] It was completed in December 2006. [15]
This is a list of notable swimming pools, ... The first Olympic swimming pool was used in the 1908 Summer Olympics, ... San Alfonso del Mar, Algarrobo, ...
Fernando Fischmann was born in Santiago.He attended the Grange School in Santiago [3] and then the University of Chile, earning a graduate degree in biochemistry. [4] In 1986, Fischmann bought 60 hectares of land at the port of Algarrobo, on the coast of central Chile, with the plan to develop a holiday resort, that is now known as San Alfonso del Mar, built around an artificial crystalline ...
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The South American Swimming Championships are a biennial aquatics championships (held in even years) for countries from CONSANAT (the South American Swimming Confederation). These championships include competition in swimming , diving , synchronized swimming , water polo , and open water swimming .