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Laguna Blanca (Chile)
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Laguna Blanca (meaning "white lagoon" in Spanish) may refer to: * Laguna Blanca, Chaco, a community in the Libertad Department of Argentina * Laguna Blanca, Formosa, a community in the Pilcomayo Department of Argentina * Laguna Blanca, Río Negro, a municipality in Río Negro Province, Argentina * Laguna Blanca (Bolivia) * Cerro Laguna Blanca, Argentina * Laguna Blanca (Chile), a lake in Chile * Laguna Blanca, Chile, a commune * Laguna Blanca (Paraguay) * Laguna Blanca (California), U.S. See also * Laguna Blanca School, California * Laguna Blanca National Park, Argentina * Laguna (other) Laguna (Italian and Spanish for lagoon) may refer to: People * Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ known as Ookay * Andrés Laguna (1499–1559), Spanish physician, pharmacologist, and botanist * Ana Laguna (born 1955), Spanish-Swedish ballet da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca, Chaco
Laguna Blanca is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina. References Populated places in Chaco Province {{ChacoAR-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca, Formosa
Laguna Blanca (Formosa) is a settlement in northern Argentina. It is located in Formosa Province. It is the birthplace of incumbent provincial governor Gildo Insfrán Gildo Insfrán (born 19 January 1951) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, who has been Governor of Formosa Province since 1995. Having been close to former President Carlos Menem, Insfrán later became close to President Néstor .... Populated places in Formosa Province {{FormosaAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca, Río Negro
Laguna Blanca (Río Negro) is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... References Populated places in Río Negro Province {{RíoNegroAR-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca (Bolivia)
__NOTOC__ Laguna Blanca is a salt lake in an endorheic basin, in the Sur Lípez Province of the Potosí Department, Bolivia. It is near the Licancabur volcano. Geography The lake is at an elevation of on the Altiplano. Its surface area is 10.9 km². The lake is long and wide. The characteristic white colour of the water, that gave the lake its name, is caused by the high amount of minerals suspended in it. Only a narrow corridor separates Laguna Blanca from the smaller Laguna Verde. Both are within the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve See also *Laguna Verde (Bolivia) — ''a salt lake also in Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve''. * Altiplano region * Licancabur volcano *Mount Nelly Nelly ( Spanish ''Cerro Nelly'') is a stratovolcano in the Andes located in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia, about 5,676 m (18,622 ft) high. It is situated within the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve, north east of the ... External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Laguna Blanca
Laguna Blanca is a peak in Argentina with an elevation of metres. Laguna Blanca is the highest peak of Sierra de Laguna Blanca, a range within Puna de Atacama, a high plateau of the Andes. It is within the protected area "Natural Provincial Reserve and Biosphere of Laguna Blanca". Cerro Laguna Blanca is located within the territory of the Argentinean province of Catamarca. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of two Argentine cities: Antofagasta de la Sierra and Villa Vil. First Ascent Although there are evidences of previous ascents on the summit (probably incan), Laguna Blanca's first reported climb was by Jaime Suarez (España), María Aguiar, Elsa Abrego, Adriana Agüero, Víctor Eduardo Carrizo, Norberto Cruz, Víctor Nieto, Juan Carlos Planas, Carlos Rodríguez Lastra and Aldo Vergara (Argentina) on December 07th 2006. Elevation Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM yields 5995 metres, ASTER 6006 metres, ASTER filled 5995 metres, ALOS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca (Chile)
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Laguna Blanca (meaning "white lagoon" in Spanish) may refer to: * Laguna Blanca, Chaco, a community in the Libertad Department of Argentina * Laguna Blanca, Formosa, a community in the Pilcomayo Department of Argentina * Laguna Blanca, Río Negro, a municipality in Río Negro Province, Argentina * Laguna Blanca (Bolivia) * Cerro Laguna Blanca, Argentina * Laguna Blanca (Chile), a lake in Chile * Laguna Blanca, Chile, a commune * Laguna Blanca (Paraguay) * Laguna Blanca (California), U.S. See also * Laguna Blanca School, California * Laguna Blanca National Park, Argentina * Laguna (other) Laguna (Italian and Spanish for lagoon) may refer to: People * Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ known as Ookay * Andrés Laguna (1499–1559), Spanish physician, pharmacologist, and botanist * Ana Laguna (born 1955), Spanish-Swedish ballet da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lakes Of Chile
The following is a list of lakes in Chile. It consists of lakes of varying types and origins but the majority of the lakes (especially those in southern Chile) are glacial in origin. The watershed or catchment area is the geographical area of land that drains into the lake. Lakes by area Note: The lakes are ordered by their area within the political boundaries of Chile. Lakes by natural region Lakes in Norte Grande * Chungará Lake * Cotacota Lagoons * Laguna de Cotacotani * Laguna Lejía * Quantija Lagoon * Miscanti Lagoon Lakes in Norte Chico * Conchucha Lagoon * Embalse Corrales (man-made) * Laguna Verde * Tranque Puclaro (man-made) Lakes in Zona Central * Colbún Lake (man-made) * Laguna del Inca * Laguna del Laja * Peñuelas Lake (man-made) * Rapel Lake (man-made) Lakes in Zona Sur * Budi Lake * Caburgua Lake * Calafquén Lake * Chapo Lake * Colico Lake * Conguillio Lake * Constancia Lake * del Las Rocas Lake * Galletué Lake * Gris Lake * Huilipilún ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca, Chile
Laguna Blanca is a Chilean commune located in Magallanes Province and Region. The commune is administered by the municipality in Villa Tehuelches, that is the major settlement in the whole commune. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Laguna Blanca spans an area of and has 663 inhabitants (563 men and 100 women), making the commune an entirely rural area. The population fell by 23.5% (204 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Administration As a commune, Laguna Blanca is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde Alcalde (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian '' cabildo'' (the municipal council) ... who is directly elected every four years. The current alcalde is Fernando Ojeda González ( PS). References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca (Paraguay)
Laguna Blanca is an ecological and tourist location of Paraguay that comprehends an agricultural and cattle establishment, with a lake that is settled over calcareous sand, fact that makes the water completely transparent and apt for diving. Location It is located in San Pedro Department, in the district Santa Rosa del Aguaray, about 28 kilometers east of the city of the same name. Description The surface of the lake is about 147 hectares. It is considered by specialists to be the only natural lake of the country, because it does not have a thermostatic stratification, a depth of more than 7 meters or a source of its own. Because the lake is mostly spring-fed (the stream near the resort flows out, not in) its water is pure and drinkable without treatment. There are private properties and a state reserve next to the lake. The private properties dedicate to agricultural and cattle activities. The state reserve, initially with a surface of 70 hectares, was occupied by rurals an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca (California)
Laguna Blanca is a lake in the Hope Ranch area of Santa Barbara County, California Santa Barbara County, California, officially the County of Santa Barbara, is located in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 448,229. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria. Santa Barba ..., United States. It is surrounded by La Cumbre Golf and Country Club. See also * Laguna Blanca School * List of lakes in California References Lakes of California Bodies of water of Santa Barbara County, California Santa Barbara, California {{SantaBarbaraCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca School
Laguna Blanca School is a private school located on two different campuses, in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara and nearby Montecito, California, Montecito, California. Founded in 1933, Laguna Blanca is an independent, co-educational, college-preparatory day school for students in grades K-12 in Santa Barbara. History The land in Hope Ranch was made available by Harold Chase for the establishment of a school—Edward Selden Spaulding and three of his colleagues from the Deane School founded Laguna Blanca School in 1933. With Mr. Spaulding as the first headmaster, the School opened its doors to 45 young men and graduated its first official class four years later in 1937. To keep pace with increasing enrollment, the School added new buildings, classrooms, and science labs, growing from a campus to the approximate that houses the school today. In 1942, Laguna became coeducational, and in 1957, the School added a kindergarten to elementary and secondary classes. The year 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Blanca National Park
Laguna Blanca National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Laguna Blanca) is a National Park in the west of the , close to the town of Zapala. The park around the lagoon was created in 1940 to protect the lagoon and particularly the population of black-necked swans (''Cygnus melancoryphus''). It has an area of 112.5 km². The lagoon is situated in the Patagonian steppe, surrounded by hills and gorges. It has important aquatic bird fauna, of several species and in great number. The lagoon used to host the largest known subpopulation of the endemic Patagonia frog ('' Atelognathus patagonicus''), but this has been extirpated by introduced predatory fish; the species survives in isolated ponds in the buffer zone of the national park. Near the lagoon is the Salamanca cave, historically inhabited by humans, where rock paintings, typical of northern Patagonia, can be seen. Other mapuche and prehistoric human artifacts have been found in the park. Climate The park has an arid and windy cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
