Caburgua Lake

Caburgua Lake
Caburgua Lake
Caburga, the northernmost in the map
Coordinates	39°07′40″S 71°46′24″W / 39.12778°S 71.77333°W / -39.12778; -71.77333
Type	Fault, glacial and lava dammed
Primary inflows	Blanco River
Primary outflows	Ojos del Caburgua (an underground outflow)
Basin countries	Chile
Surface area	52.27 km2 (20.18 sq mi)[1]
Average depth	117 m (384 ft)[2]
Max. depth	327 m (1,073 ft)[3]
Water volume	6.115 km3 (1.467 cu mi)[4]
Shore length1	51.7 km (32.1 mi)[5]
Surface elevation	505 m (1,657 ft)[6]
Settlements	Playa Negra
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Caburgua Lake (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈβuɾɣwa]) is located 23 km northeast of the city of Pucón, in the La Araucanía Region of Chile. Huerquehue National Park lies to the east of the lake. Like Villarrica Lake, it is part of Toltén River basin. During summer the outflow river may dry out but due to high levels of underground infiltration the waterfalls Ojos del Caburgua never run dry.

The lake occupies a glacial valley carved out along the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault. In the Holocene the valley was blocked by lava flows from the Volcanes de Caburgua.^[7]

The lake has recently gained notoriety for the holiday residences of people like former Presidents Sebastián Piñera and Michelle Bachelet.