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The lake known as O'Higgins in Chile and San Martín in Argentina is located around coordinates in Patagonia, between the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region and the Santa Cruz Province. ==General information== It has a surface area of , an elevation of above mean sea level, and a shoreline length of . Viewed from above, the lake consists of a series of finger-shaped flooded valleys, of which are in Chile and in Argentina, although sources differ on the precise split, presumably reflecting water level variability. The lake is the deepest in the Americas with a maximum depth of near O'Higgins Glacier,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Mass balance investigations at Glaciar Chico, Southern Patagonia Icefield Chile )〕 and its characteristic milky light-blue color comes from rock flour suspended in its waters. It is mainly fed by the Mayer River and other streams, and its outlet, the Pascua River, discharges water from the lake towards the Pacific Ocean at a rate of /s. The O'Higgins Glacier flows eastwards towards the lake, as does the Chico Glacier. Both of these glaciers are part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field which extends for approximately in a north-south direction to the west of Lake O'Higgins. Immigrants did not settle in the arid windy area around the lake until the 1910s, when British, Scandinavians and Swiss started raising sheep for wool. The most common tourist route for visiting the lake is that between El Chaltén in Argentina and Villa O'Higgins in Chile, including a ferry through the lake on the Chilean side. Water from lake O'Higgins flows into Pacific Ocean through the Pascua River. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O'Higgins/San Martín Lake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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