Basin countries Argentina Area 44 km² Outflow location Puelo River | Settlements Lago Puelo Province Chubut Province Cities Lago Puelo | |
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Similar Lago Puelo National Park, Los Arrayanes National, La Trochita, Tronador, Nahuel Huapi Lake | ||
Puelo lake patagonia argentina amazing landscape mountains view
Lake Puelo (Spanish: Lago Puelo) is a lake located in the north of the province of Chubut, in Argentine Patagonia. Of fluvial-glacial origin, its deepest point is some 180 meters below the water level.
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- Puelo lake patagonia argentina amazing landscape mountains view
- Map of Puelo Lake Chubut Province Argentina
- Lago puelo vuelo de p jaro
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Map of Puelo Lake, Chubut Province, Argentina
The narrow lake is located in the Lago Puelo National Park, connected by the small rivers, Azul and Quemquemtreu. The lake is surrounded by typical Valdivian temperate rain forests, even though on the eastern side of the Andes.
The term Puelo seems to have its origin in the Mapuche expression puel-có, (puel = east, co = water) meaning something like "Water at the East", since in fact the lake drains towards the Pacific Ocean on the east through the Inferior Lake (Lake Interior in Chile), and then the Puelo River.
Next to the lake, which receives around 20,000 visitors per year, is Lago Puelo town.