🌊 Futalaufquen Lake

Argentina · Americas · 518 m · 42.82°S, 71.72°W

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Futalaufquen Lake is a large lake in Chubut Province, Argentina. Futalaufquen Lake is in the chain of lakes of the Futaleufú River system of Argentina which via Yelcho Lake and the Yelcho River flows into the Pacific Ocean in Chile. Located in the Andes, Lake Futalaufquen is three-lobed, of glacial origin, and occupies narrow valleys between glaciated peaks. It is located in the Andes within Los Alerces National Park. The name comes from the Mapuche language. "Futa" means great, and "laufquen" means lake.

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Quick facts

CountryArgentina
Continent / regionAmericas
Surface elevation518 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)42.82°S, 71.72°W · view on map

Futalaufquen Lake sits at 518 m in Argentina, in Americas. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Surface elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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