Salto Grande (waterfall)

Salto Grande
Oblique view of Salto Grande
Map
LocationTorres del Paine National Park,
Chile
Coordinates51°04′03″S 73°00′28″W / 51.06750°S 73.00778°W / -51.06750; -73.00778
Elevation65 m (213 ft)
WatercoursePaine River

The Salto Grande is a waterfall on the Paine River, after the Nordenskjöld Lake, within the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile.[1] In the vicinity of Salto Grande are a variety of natural vegetation forms as well as certain wildlife species, including the wild guanaco.[2]

Salto Grande is between Lago Nordenskjöld and Lago Pehoé (but unmarked) on this map of the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile.

See also

Notes

  • C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Guanaco: Lama guanicoe, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Strömberg
  • Haas Mroue, Kristina Schreck and Michael Luongo. 2005. Frommer's Argentina & Chile, third edition, Published by John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-7645-9926-2

References

  1. ^ Haas Mroue, Kristina Schreck and Michael Luongo. 2005
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
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