| Nordenskjöld Lake | |
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  Nordenskjöld Lake | |
| Location | Magallanes Region |
| Coordinates | 51°02′S 73°00′W / 51.033°S 73.000°W[1] |
| Primary inflows | Paine River |
| Primary outflows | Paine River |
| Basin countries | Chile |
| Max. length | 15 km (9.3 mi)[2] |
| Surface area | 28 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
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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