Laguna del Carbón

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Laguna del Carbón
Geographical location Santa Cruz Province , Argentina
Drain none
Data
Coordinates 49 ° 35 '20 "  S , 68 ° 20' 8"  W Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '20 "  S , 68 ° 20' 8"  W.
Laguna del Carbón (Santa Cruz)
Laguna del Carbón
Altitude above sea level 105  m below sea level
length 5 km
width 5 km

particularities

salt lake

The Laguna del Carbón is a salt lake in the endorheic San Julian Basin in South America . The basin is located in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz , around 54 km from Puerto San Julián .

With a height of 105 meters below sea level, it is the deepest depression on the American double continent , at the same time the deepest depression in the southern hemisphere and the seventh deepest point on land in the world.

Individual evidence

  1. a b GoogleMaps, see GeoHack

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