Del Desierto Lake
- Area
- 9.23 km²
- Tonight
- 5°CClear · Wind 4 km/h S
Del Desierto Lake is a lake at 506 m above sea level in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, 9.23 km² in area and 10.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 506 m
- Length
- 10.4 km
- Shoreline
- 24.5 km
Del Desierto Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 24.5 km≈6¼ h to walk around
Del Desierto Lake 3D map
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Del Desierto Lake terrain and contours
100 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.
Del Desierto Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Del Desierto Lake weather
Tonight · Clear · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 4 km/h S
Del Desierto Lake forecast for about 506 m.
- Tonight5°–4 km/h S
- Sat5°12°–6 km/h NW
- Sun4°11°–8 km/h NW
- Mon3°9°–5 km/h NW
- Tue4°7°–4 km/h NW
- Wed6°11°–2 km/h N
- Thu3°12°3.2 mm5 km/h NW
- Fri2°8°0.5 mm4 km/h N
- Sat2°9°3.2 mm3 km/h N
- Sun1°9°–4 km/h W
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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Del Desierto Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Del Desierto Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Gendarmaría
Nearest hut
Refugio Valle del Crestón
Nearest parking
8.0 km SSW
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 3.4 km SSW |
| GendarmaríaCampsite | 4.2 km NNE |
| Lago Del DesiertoCampsite | 6.0 km SSW |
| Hut | 6.4 km SSW |
| Refugio Valle del CrestónHut | 6.4 km SSW |
| Parking | 8.0 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 12.4 × 12.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 30.5% of the 154 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,612 m low point 497 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.2 km; 113 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Dog orchid18
- Eden Harbour Toad16
- Chilean fire bush14
- Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant12
- Torrent Duck11
- Diddle-dee11
Where Del Desierto Lake sits
- Region
- Santa Cruz Province7Argentina42South America235
Nearby places
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- 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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)