Del Toro Lake Explained

Del Toro Lake
Location:Magallanes Region
Coords:-51.2333°N -117°W
Inflow:Paine River, Río de las Chinas
Outflow:Serrano River
Pushpin Map:Chile
Basin Countries:Chile/Argentina
Length:31.94km (19.85miles)
Width:[1]
Area:202km2
Max-Depth:~300m (1,000feet)
Elevation:~50m (160feet)
Islands:one, near the eastern end of the lake, near Estancia San Antonio; numerous islets
Reference:[2] [3]

Del Toro Lake (Spanish; Castilian: '''Lago del Toro''') is a lake located in the Magallanes Region, southern Chile. The lake is also known as Lago del Toro or Lago Toro (in English Lake Bull) and its name comes from the lake's ability to generate 4 m swells due to a long (~30 km) fetch and high winds aligned with the long axis of the lake. Locals say that the lake and the nearby mountain Sierra del Toro is named thus because the lake 'is angry a lot'. Services on the lake include camping and fishing at Bahia el Bote.

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Notes and References

  1. Because of the lake's irregular shape deciding where to measure a maximum width would be an uncertain venture.
  2. Web site: GNS: Country Files . June 27, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120504031911/http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html . May 4, 2012 .
  3. Web site: Cuenca del río Serrano . sinia.cl . 2007-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070607014607/http://www.sinia.cl/1292/articles-31018_Serrano.pdf . 2007-06-07 . dead .