Monday, August 31, 2015

Marble Caves at General Carrera Lake in Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)



General Carrera Lake (Chilean side) or Lake Buenos Aires (Argentine side) is a lake located in Patagonia  and shared by Argentina  and Chilie. Both names are internationally accepted. The lake has a surface of 1,850 km² of which 970 km² are in the Chilean  Avesen del  General Carlos Ibanez del Campo Region, and 880 km² in the Argentine Santa Cruz Province , making it the biggest lake in Chile, and the fourth largest in Argentina. In its western basin, Lake Gen. Carrera has 586 m maximum depth.
The lake is of  glacial  origin and is surrounded by the Andes mountain range. The lake drains to the Pacific Ocean  on the west through the Baker River.







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