Salto Grande (waterfall)
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Salto Grande | |
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![]() Oblique view of Salto Grande | |
Location | Torres del Paine National Park, Chile |
Coordinates | 51°04′03″S 73°00′28″W / 51.06750°S 73.00778°WCoordinates: 51°04′03″S 73°00′28″W / 51.06750°S 73.00778°W |
Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
Watercourse | Paine 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]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Parque_nacional_Torres_de_Paine.svg/500px-Parque_nacional_Torres_de_Paine.svg.png)
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