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The following is a list of lakes in Chile. It consists of lakes of varying types and origins but the majority of the lakes (especially those in southern Chile ) are glacial in origin. The watershed or catchment area is the geographical area of land that drains into the lake.
General Carrera Lake (Chilean part, officially renamed in 1959) [4] or Lake Buenos Aires (Argentine part) is a deep lake located in Patagonia and shared by Argentina and Chile. Both names are internationally accepted, while the autochthonous name of the lake is Chelenko , which means "stormy waters" in Aonikenk . [ 5 ]
The Riñihue Lake (Spanish: Lago Riñihue) is a lake of glacial origin in eastern Valdivia Province, southern Chile. It is surrounded by several mountains. The eastern side receives the waters of the Panguipulli Lake by the Enco River, its main contributor. It is the last of the Seven Lakes chain.
The largest lake in Chile is the keeper of a spectacular secret. The lake's wave action against marble cliffs on its shores, over millennia, has carved out truly breathtaking caves, columns, and ...
The park was established on 13 May 1959 [7] as Parque Nacional de Turismo Lago Grey (Grey Lake National Tourism Park) and was given its present name in 1970. [6] In 1976, British mountaineer John Garner and two Torres del Paine rangers, Pepe Alarcon and Oscar Guineo pioneered the Circuit trail which circles the Paine massif. [8]
Lake Ranco (Spanish: Lago Ranco) is situated in the Ranco Province of Los Lagos Region in Chile. Covering an area of 442 km 2, it is the largest lake in the Los Ríos Region and the fourth largest in Chile. It has approximately 25 islands and islets, but only 4 are currently inhabited.
Salar de Atacama, located 55 km (34 mi) south of San Pedro de Atacama, is the largest salt flat in Chile. [1] It is surrounded by mountains and lacks drainage outlets. To the east, it is enclosed by the main chain of the Andes , while to the west lies a secondary mountain range called Cordillera de Domeyko .
Colbún Lake (Spanish: Lago Colbún) is a reservoir in the Maule Region in Chile, straddling the provinces of Talca (comuna of San Clemente) and Linares (comuna de Colbún). Located 48 km southeast of the city of Talca , the regional capital and 35 km northeast of the city of Linares and with an area of 5,700 hectares and a capacity of ...