Lake · Santiago del Estero Province

Mar Chiquita

68 m223 ft

Area: 5,529 km²
Max depth: 10 m
Tonight: 15°CRain · Wind 33 km/h S

Mar Chiquita is a lake at 68 m above sea level in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina, 5,529 km² in area and 123.5 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 68 m
Length: 123.5 km
Shoreline: 865.3 km

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3D map

Mar Chiquita 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mar Chiquita topographic map

1 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.

Index contours every 5 mShowing west → east through the centre

Mar Chiquita elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

Mar Chiquita downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMar Chiquita satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Lake

Mar Chiquita in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 865.3 km

Weather

Mar Chiquita weather

Tonight · Rain · 15°C (59°F) · 6.2 mm · Wind 33 km/h S

Mar Chiquita forecast for about 68 m.

Tonight15°6.2 mm33 km/h S
Sat13°19°5.0 mm36 km/h S
Sun13°19°2.3 mm33 km/h S
Mon14°20°1.5 mm25 km/h E
Tue14°17°2.6 mm13 km/h E
Wed17°20°–13 km/h NE
Thu19°22°0.2 mm10 km/h N
Fri20°24°–13 km/h N
Sat21°25°0.2 mm20 km/h NE
Sun22°25°1.4 mm19 km/h E

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.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

100.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.0%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 23 m low point 68 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 63.5%Cropland 17.3%Grassland 10.2%Trees 5.7%Shrubland 1.7%Bare rock / sparse 1.1%

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; 410 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Chilean Flamingo171
Lesser Yellowlegs112
Burrowing Owl100
Black-necked Stilt89
Coscoroba Swan74
Red-crested Cardinal69

Where it sits

Where Mar Chiquita sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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 2026-03-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia