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Argentino Lake

179 m587 ft
Area
1,468 km²
Max depth
150 m
Tonight
7°CClear · Wind 14 km/h W

Argentino Lake is a lake at 179 m above sea level in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, 1,468 km² in area and 100.9 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
179 m
Length
100.9 km
Shoreline
947.5 km
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3D map

Argentino Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Argentino Lake topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Argentino Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Lake

Argentino Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
947.5 km
Weather

Argentino Lake weather

Tonight · Clear · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 14 km/h W

Argentino Lake forecast for about 179 m.

  • Tonight7°–14 km/h W
  • Sat7°17°–17 km/h W
  • Sun8°17°0.3 mm17 km/h W
  • Mon8°14°0.1 mm11 km/h W
  • Tue9°15°–10 km/h W
  • Wed9°15°–8 km/h W
  • Thu8°17°0.3 mm17 km/h W
  • Fri7°13°–11 km/h W
  • Sat8°13°1.8 mm8 km/h W
  • Sun7°8°23.5 mm5 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Argentino Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Argentino Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 1
PlaceDistance
Parking7.7 km SSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 85% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
84.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
10.5%
Steep, 30–45°
4.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.7%
Steeper than 30°
4.8% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
1,229 m low point 158 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 51.5%Grassland 33.9%Bare rock / sparse 8.8%Trees 5.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 49 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Andean Condor23
  • Lesser Rhea17
  • Crested Caracara9
  • Upland Goose5
  • Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle3
  • Calafate3
Where it sits

Where Argentino Lake sits

Region
Santa Cruz Province7Argentina42South America235
Protected area
Los Glaciares National Park3
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-22)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia