Lago Escondido

Lago Escondido
Lago Escondido
Coordinates: 54°32′0″S67°12′0″W / 54.53333°S 67.20000°W / -54.53333; -67.20000
Country	Argentina
Region	Patagonia
Province	Tierra del Fuego Province
Department	Ushuaia Department
Population  (2001)
• Total	71
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
Climate	ET

Lago Escondido (Spanish for Hidden Lake) is a village and lake in the Ushuaia department in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. As of 2001 it has a population of 71, growing from 46 in 1991.

The villages which thrives lives mainly on logging and tourism, is located 57 km north of Ushuaia. There is a major sawmill works and timber operation in the area.

Lago Escondido is situated on the east side of the Andean Patagonian Cordillera, ^[1] is surrounded by forests and steep mountain ranges. The lake on which the village lies (and shares the same name) tends to change color depending on the sunlight.

See also

• Escondido Lake

References

1. Gogorza, C. S. G, A. M Sinito, J. M Lirio, H Nuñez, M Chaparro, and J. F Vilas. “Paleosecular Variations 0–19,000 Years Recorded by Sediments from Escondido Lake (Argentina).” Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Paleosecular Variation and REversals of the Earth’s Magnetic Field, vol. 133, no. 1 (2002): 35–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00086-9.