Del Toro Lake

Lake located in the Magallanes Region, Chile

51°14′S 72°45′W / 51.233°S 72.750°W / -51.233; -72.750^[1]Primary inflowsPaine River, Río de las ChinasPrimary outflowsSerrano RiverBasin countriesChile/ArgentinaMax. length31.94 km (19.85 mi)Max. width^[2]Surface area202 km² (78 sq mi)^[3]Max. depth~300 m (980 ft)Surface elevation~50 m (160 ft)Islandsone, near the eastern end of the lake, near Estancia San Antonio; numerous isletsReferences^[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) 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.

References

^ ^a ^b "GNS: Country Files". Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
^ Because of the lake's irregular shape deciding where to measure a maximum width would be an uncertain venture.
^ ^a ^b "Cuenca del río Serrano" (PDF). sinia.cl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-04-08.