Nordenskjöld Lake

Lake in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
51°02′S 73°00′W / 51.033°S 73.000°W / -51.033; -73.000[1]Primary inflowsPaine RiverPrimary outflowsPaine RiverBasin countriesChileMax. length15 km (9.3 mi)[2]Surface area28 km2 (11 sq mi)[2]References[1][2]

The Nordenskjöld (Spanish: Lago Nordenskjöld or Lago Nordenskiöld) is a lake in Torres del Paine National Park in the Magallanes Region, southern Chile. The lake is named after the Swede Otto Nordenskiöld who discovered the lake in the beginning of the 20th century. The outfall of Nordenskjöld Lake consists of a waterfall known as Salto Grande. At this western end of the lake on the southern side is an abundance of wildlife including wild grazing guanaco.[3]

Nordenskjöld Lake, in the Torres del Paine National Park

See also

  • French Glacier

Notes

  1. ^ a b Earth Info. 2002
  2. ^ a b c Gobierno de Chile. 2004
  3. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008

References

  • Gobierno de Chile. 2004. (in Spanish) Cuenca del Río Serrano
  • C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Guanaco: Lama guanicoe, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Strömberg
  • Earth Info. 2002. earth-info.nga.mil webpage: Complete Files of Geographic Names for Geopolitical Areas from GNS (ISO/IEC 10646 Unicode UTF-8)
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Hydrography of Magallanes Region
Rivers
  • Azopardo
  • Bellavista
  • Geike
  • Grande
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  • Las Minas
  • Paine
  • Penitente
  • Rubens
  • San Juan
  • Serrano
  • Yendegaia
Flag of Magallanes Region
Waterfalls
  • Salto Grande
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