Del Toro Lake
| Del Toro Lake | |
|---|---|
 Serrano river source | |
  Del Toro Lake Location within Chile | |
| Location | Última Esperanza Province |
| Coordinates | 51°14′S 72°45′W / 51.233°S 72.750°W[1] |
| Paine River, Río de las Chinas | |
| Serrano River | |
| Basin countries | Chile/Argentina |
| Max. length | 24 km (15 mi)[2] |
| Max. width | 13 km (8.1 mi)[2] |
Surface area | 202 km2 (78 sq mi)[3] |
Average depth | 155 m (509 ft)[4] |
| Max. depth | 320 m (1,050 ft)[5] |
Water volume | 31.31 km3 (7.51 cu mi)[4] |
Surface elevation | 25 m (82 ft)[4] |
| Islands | one, near the eastern end of the lake, near Estancia San Antonio; numerous islets |
| References | [1][3] |
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); 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 are so named because the lake "is angry a lot".
Services on the lake include camping and fishing at Bahia el Bote.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "GNS: Country Files". Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
- 1 2 Del Toro Lake, at fao.org
- 1 2 "Cuenca del río Serrano" (PDF). sinia.cl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
- 1 2 3 Del Toro Lake, at researchgate.net
- ↑ Del Toro Lake, at visitchile.com
Media related to Toro Lake at Wikimedia Commons
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