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Del Toro Lake

Coordinates: 51°14′S 72°45′W / 51.233°S 72.750°W / -51.233; -72.750[1]
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Del Toro Lake
Serrano river source
Del Toro Lake is located in Chile
Del Toro Lake
Del Toro Lake
LocationÚltima Esperanza Province
Coordinates51°14′S 72°45′W / 51.233°S 72.750°W / -51.233; -72.750[1]
Primary inflowsPaine River, Río de las Chinas
Primary outflowsSerrano River
Basin countriesChile/Argentina
Max. length24 km (15 mi)[2]
Max. width13 km (8.1 mi)[3]
Surface area202 km2 (78 sq mi)[4]
Average depth155 m (509 ft)[5]
Max. depth320 m (1,050 ft)[6]
Water volume31.31 km3 (7.51 cu mi)[7]
Surface elevation25 m (82 ft)[8]
Islandsone, near the eastern end of the lake, near Estancia San Antonio; numerous islets
References[1][4]

Del Toro Lake (Spanish: 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'.[citation needed] Services on the lake include camping and fishing at Bahia el Bote.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNS: Country Files". Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
  2. ^ Del Toro Lake, on fao.org
  3. ^ Del Toro Lake, on fao.org
  4. ^ a b "Cuenca del río Serrano" (PDF). sinia.cl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
  5. ^ Del Toro Lake, on researchgate.net
  6. ^ Del Toro Lake, on visitchile.com
  7. ^ Del Toro Lake, on researchgate.net
  8. ^ Del Toro Lake, on researchgate.net

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