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Viedma Lake
Sign in to savelake in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Key facts
- Location
- Lago Argentino Department , Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)
- Type
- periglacial lake
- Primary inflows
- Viedma Glacier
- Primary outflows
- La Leona River
- Catchment area
- 7,342 km (2,835 sq mi)
- Basin countries
- Argentina, Chile
- Max length
- 80 km (50 mi)
- Max width
- 15 km (9.3 mi)
- Surface area
- 1,193 km (461 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 100 m (330 ft)
- Max depth
- ~ 900 m (3,000 ft)
- Water volume
- 119 km (29 cu mi)
- Shore length
- 291 km (181 mi)
- Surface elevation
- 252 m (827 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- glacial lake
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Santa Cruz Province
- Area
- 1088
- Elevation
- 250
- Image
- Lago Viedma NASA 1994.jpg
- Width
- 15
- Length
- 80
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- Commons category
- Lake Viedma
- inflows
- Las Vueltas river
- outflows
- Santa Cruz River
- basin country
- Argentina
- located in protected area
- Los Glaciares National Park
- drainage basin
- Santa Cruz River
- native label
- Lago Viedma
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Encyclopedic overview
Viedma Lake (Spanish: Lago Viedma, Spanish pronunciation: [laɣo ˈβjeðma]) is a Patagonian lake in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, situated near its border with Chile. Measuring approximately 50 miles (80 km) in length, it is a major elongated trough lake formed from melting glacial ice. Viedma Lake is the second largest perennial lake located entirely within Argentina.
An iceberg floating in Lake Viedma. The name of the lake comes from the Spanish explorer Antonio de Viedma, who in 1783 became the first European to reach its shores.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viedma Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.