🌊 General Carrera Lake

Chile · Americas · 202 m · 46.44°S, 71.72°W

General Carrera Lake or Lake Buenos Aires 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. Another historical name is Coluguape from Mapuche, a derivative of this name is applied to Colhué Huapí Lake after Argentine explorer Francisco Moreno reached this lake in 1876 conflating it with Coluguape.

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Quick facts

Country	Chile
Continent / region	Americas
Surface elevation	202 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	46.44°S, 71.72°W · view on map

General Carrera Lake sits at 202 m in Chile, in Americas. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More lakes in Chile

Colico Lake · Todos los Santos Lake · Chungará Lake · Salar de Atacama · Nordenskjöld Lake · Laguna Miscanti · Yelcho Lake · Caburgua Lake · Cochrane/Pueyrredón Lake · Del Toro Lake.

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