Coordinates: 51°04′03″S 73°00′28″W / 51.06750°S 73.00778°W / -51.06750; -73.00778

Salto Grande (waterfall)

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Salto Grande
File:Mirador Salto Grande - Torres del Paine National Park 38.jpg
Oblique view of Salto Grande
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]

File:Parque nacional Torres de Paine.svg
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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