Location Lago Ranco, Chile Basin countries Chile Surface elevation ~ 500 m (1,600 ft) | Primary outflows Melpue River Surface area ~15.1 km (5.8 sq mi) Cities Llifén | |
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Settlements nearest town Llifén (30 km) Similar Maihue Lake, Salto del Nilahue, Carrán‑Los Venados, Pellaifa Lake, Riñihue Lake | ||
Huishue Lake (Spanish: Lago Huishue, [ˈwiswe]), Mapudungun for bad place to live, is located in the Andes of the Lago Ranco commune in southern Chile. More precisely the lake is located 10 km south of Maihue Lake (the drainage basin to which it belongs), 15 km northeast of Puyehue Volcano and 10 km west of the Chile-Argentina border.
Map of Huishue Lake, Lago Ranco, Los R%C3%ADos Region, Chile
Around the year shift of 1948-1949 Chilean poet Pablo Neruda hid in the Fundo Huishue forestry estate from the then legalized persecution of communists. Neruda left Huishue March 1, 1949 and fled Chile via the Ipela Pass to his exile in Argentina and then Europe.
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