Lago Escondido

Lago Escondido
Lago Escondido
Coordinates: 54°32′0″S 67°12′0″W / 54.53333°S 67.20000°W / -54.53333; -67.20000
Country Argentina
RegionPatagonia
ProvinceTierra del Fuego Province
DepartmentUshuaia Department
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
71
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
ClimateET

Lago Escondido (Spanish for Hidden Lake) is a village and lake in the Ushuaia department in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. As of 2001 it has a population of 71, growing from 46 in 1991.

The villages which thrives lives mainly on logging and tourism, is located 57 km north of Ushuaia. There is a major sawmill works and timber operation in the area.

Lago Escondido is situated on the east side of the Andean Patagonian Cordillera,[1] is surrounded by forests and steep mountain ranges. The lake on which the village lies (and shares the same name) tends to change color depending on the sunlight.

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References

  1. ^ Gogorza, C. S. G, A. M Sinito, J. M Lirio, H Nuñez, M Chaparro, and J. F Vilas. “Paleosecular Variations 0–19,000 Years Recorded by Sediments from Escondido Lake (Argentina).” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Paleosecular Variation and REversals of the Earth’s Magnetic Field, vol. 133, no. 1 (2002): 35–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00086-9.