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 Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

) are

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in origin. The

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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 A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecology, ecological point of view, the naturally occurring fl ...

Lakes in
Norte Grande The Norte Grande (''Big North'', ''Far North'', ''Great North'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. It borders Peru to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Altiplano, Bolivia and Ar ...

Chungará Lake Chungará is a lake situated in the extreme north of Chile at an elevation of , in the Altiplano of Arica y Parinacota Region in the Lauca National Park. It has a surface area of about and has a maximum depth of about . It receives inflow thro ...

* Cotacota Lagoons *

Laguna de Cotacotani Laguna de Cotacotani (Hispanicized expression) or Quta Qutani (Aymara language, Aymara ''quta'' lake, the reduplication signifies there is a group or complex of something, ''-ni'' is a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a group of lakes" ...

Laguna Lejía 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 dan ...

* Quantija Lagoon *

Miscanti Lagoon Miscanti Lake (Spanish: ''Laguna Miscanti'') is a brackish water lake located in the altiplano of the Antofagasta Region in northern Chile. Cerro Miñiques volcano and Cerro Miscanti tower over this lake. This large heart-shaped lake has a deep ...

Lakes in Norte Chico

* Conchucha Lagoon * Embalse Corrales (man-made) * Laguna Verde * Tranque Puclaro (man-made)

Lakes in Zona Central

Colbún Lake Colbún Lake (Spanish: Lago Colbún) is a reservoir in the Maule Region in Chile, straddling the provinces of Talca (''comuna'' of San Clemente) and Linares (''comuna'' de Colbún). Located 48 km southeast of the city of Talca, the regional ...

(man-made) *

Laguna del Inca Laguna del Inca () is a lake in Valparaíso Region, Chile, close to the border with Argentina. Portillo, Chile, Portillo ski resort is located at the southern end of the lake, near Chile Route 60. The stream that drains the lake is a tributary of ...

Laguna del Laja Laguna del Laja is a lake located in the Bío-Bío Region of Chile. The lake borders and gives its name to Laguna del Laja National Park. References

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Peñuelas Lake Peñuelas Lake is a reservoir in Valparaíso Region, Chile. It supplies drinking water, together with another lake called Los Aromos, to Valparaíso, Chile, Valparaíso and Viña del Mar. The reservoir and the surrounding area are protected within ...

(man-made) *

Rapel Lake Rapel Lake (Spanish: ''Lago Rapel'' or ''Embalse Rapel'') is an artificial lake created by a dam on the Rapel River. It is located in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, Central Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, i ...

(man-made)

Lakes in
Zona Sur Zona Sur (''Southern Zone'') is one of the five natural regions on which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. Its northern border is formed by the Bío-Bío River, which separates it from the Central Chile Zone. The Southern Zone borders t ...

Budi Lake Budi Lake ( es, Lago Budi, ) from the Mapudungun word ''Füzi'' which means salt, is a tidal brackish water lake located near the coast of La Araucanía Region, southern Chile. The lake is part of the boundaries between Saavedra and Teodoro Sc ...

Caburgua Lake Caburgua Lake () is located 23 km northeast of the city of Pucón, in the La Araucanía Region of Chile. Huerquehue National Park lies to the east of the lake. Like Villarrica Lake, it is part of Toltén River basin. During summer the outflow ...

Calafquén Lake Calafquén Lake ( Mapudungun: Lake like a sea) is a lake of Chile, which straddles the border between the La Araucanía Region and Los Ríos Region. It is one of the Seven Lakes and forms part of the drainage basin of the Valdivia River. The Vil ...

Chapo Lake Chapo Lake (Spanish: ''Lago Chapo'') is a lake of Chile located in Los Lagos Region. It lies immediately southeast of Calbuco volcano and south of Llanquihue National Reserve. Just south of the lake is Alerce Andino National Park Alerce Andino ...

Colico Lake Colico Lake is located in the La Araucanía Region of Chile. The neighboring Caburgua Lake lies to the east of the lake and the Villarrica Lake to the south. Species of fish in the lake include Rainbow trout and Odontesthes bonariensis, pejerrey. ...

* Conguillio Lake *

Constancia Lake Constancia Lake is located in Los Lagos Region of Chile, within Puyehue National Park. It is overlooked by mountains whose divides mark the border between Argentina and Chile to the east, and between Los Ríos Region and Los Lagos region to the nor ...

* del Las Rocas Lake *

Galletué Lake Galletué Lake, also spelled as Gualletué Lake, is located in the Andes of the La Araucanía Region of southern Chile. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Issuing from the lake on its eastern side is one of the two sources of the Biobío ...

Gris Lake ''Gris'' is a platform-adventure game by Spanish developer Nomada Studio and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released for macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows in December 2018, for iOS in August 2019, for PlayStation 4 in November 20 ...

* Huilipilún Lake * Huishue Lake *

Icalma Lake Icalma Lake is a lake of glacial origin located in the Andes of the La Araucanía Region of Chile. A hamlet on the southern shore of the lake is also called Icalma. About from the hamlet is Icalma Pass, in elevation and on the border with Argen ...

* Lanalhue Lake *

Llanquihue Lake Lake Llanquihue is the second-largest lake in Chile with an area of about , after Lake General Carrera which shared with Argentina. It is situated in the southern Los Lagos Region in the Llanquihue and Osorno provinces. The lake's fan-like form ...

Lleulleu Lake Lleulleu Lake is a Chilean lake located in the Bío Bío Region. It is located on the western slope of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, administratively divided between the communes of Contulmo to the north and Tirúa to the south. It has an area of ...

Maihue Lake The Maihue Lake ( es, Lago Maihue, , Mapudungun for ''Wooden glass'') is a lake located east of Ranco Lake in the Andean mountains of southern Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and it is enclosed by mountain ranges of the Andes The And ...

Neltume Lake Neltume Lake ( es, Lago Neltume) is one of the " Seven Lakes" in Panguipulli municipality, southern Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and it is enclosed by mountain ranges of the Andes. It is nearby the small town of Neltume Neltume is a Chile ...

* Laguna Verde *

Panguipulli Lake The Panguipulli Lake ( ; es, Lago Panguipulli) is one of the " Seven Lakes" in Panguipulli municipality, southern Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and it is enclosed by mountain ranges of the Andes, on all sides except the west, where the tow ...

Pellaifa Lake The Pellaifa Lake ( es, Lago Pellaifa) is one of the " Seven Lakes" in Panguipulli municipality, southern Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and lies in an area of hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spri ...

Pirihueico Lake Pirihueico Lake ( es, Lago Pirihueico, ) is one of Seven Lakes in Panguipulli Commune, southern Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and it is enclosed mountains of the Andes. It is located in a geological fault that includes Panguipulli Lake a ...

Pullinque Lake The Pullinque Lake ( es, Lago Pullinque) is one of the " Seven Lakes" in Panguipulli municipality, southern Chile. The lake is of glacial origin and lies between Calafquén and Panguipulli Lake The Panguipulli Lake ( ; es, Lago Panguipulli) is ...

Puyehue Lake Puyehue Lake (), (Mapudungun: ''puye'', "small fish" and ''hue'', "place") is an Andes, Andean Foothills, piedmont lake on the border of Los Lagos Region with Los Ríos Region of Chile. Puyehue is a lake of glacial origin. Several times during th ...

Riñihue Lake The Riñihue Lake ( es, Lago Riñihue ) is a lake of glacial origin in eastern Valdivia Province, southern Chile. It is surrounded by several mountains. The eastern side receives the waters of the Panguipulli Lake by the Enco River, its main con ...

Ranco Lake Ranco Lake ( es, Lago Ranco) is located in Ranco Province of Chile. It is the largest lake of Los Ríos Region and the fourth largest in Chile. Administratively Ranco Lake is split into three communes; La Unión, Futrono and Lago Ranco. The l ...

Rupanco Lake Rupanco Lake is located in Los Lagos Region of Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long an ...

* Tagua Tagua Lake *

Tinquilco Lake Tinquilco Lake is one of several lakes in Huerquehue National Park in the La Araucanía Region in southern Chile. Located at 700 meters; it is the first lake visitors encounter in the park before continuing on the "Tres Lagos" (Lago Chico, Lago To ...

Todos los Santos Lake Lake Todos los Santos (Spanish for "All Saints Lake") is a lake located in the Los Lagos Region of southern Chile, 96 km northeast of the regional capital Puerto Montt and 76 km east of Puerto Varas, within the boundaries of the Vicent ...

Villarrica Lake Lake Villarrica, also known as Mallalafquén (its pre-Hispanic name is Mapudungun), is located about 700 kilometers south of Santiago in Chile's Lake District in the southeast area of the Province of Cautín. On its east shore lies the city of P ...

Lakes in
Zona Austral The Zona Austral (''Southernmost Zone'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950 corresponding to the Chilean portion of Patagonia. It is surrounded by the Zona Sur and the Chacao Channel to the ...

* Azul Lake * Blanco Lake * Chaiguata Lake * Caro Lake * Chico Lake *

Cochrane Lake Cochrane may refer to: Places Australia *Cochrane railway station, Sydney, a railway station on the closed Ropes Creek railway line Canada * Cochrane, Alberta * Cochrane Lake, Alberta * Cochrane District, Ontario ** Cochrane, Ontario, a town wit ...

(in Chile and

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 ...

) * Copa Lake * Cucao Lake *

Del Toro Lake Del Toro Lake ( es, Lago del Toro) is a lake located in the Magallanes Region, southern Chile. The lake is also known as Lago del Toro or Lago Toro (in English Lake Bull) and its name comes from the lake's ability to generate 4 m swells du ...

Dickson Lake Dickson Lake is a glacier lake in southern Patagonia located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, which since 1998 has been transformed into an international lake as it is crossed by the international boundary between Argentina and Chile due to ...

* El Parrillar Lake * Espolón Lake *

Fagnano Lake Fagnano Lake ( es, Lago Fagnano), also called ''Lake Cami'' (), is a lake located on the main island of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, and shared by Argentina and Chile. The 645 km2 lake runs east–west for about 98 kilometres, of which ...

(in Chile and Argentina) * Geike Lake *

General Carrera Lake General Carrera Lake (Chilean part, officially renamed in 1959) or Lake Buenos Aires (Argentine part) is a lake located in Patagonia and shared by Argentina and Chile. Both names are internationally accepted, while the autochthonous name of the l ...

(in Chile and Argentina) *

Greve Lake Greve Lake ( es, Lago Greve) is an ice dammed lake in Chile formed by the advance of Brüggen Glacier. It is fed by several glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier fo ...

Grey Lake Grey Lake is a glacially fed lake in Torres del Paine National Park, southern Chile. Gallery File:Parque nacional Torres de Paine.svg, Grey Lake, in the Torres del Paine National Park File:Patagonia-88 (26207532472).jpg, A bergy bit iceberg on ...

* La Paloma Lake *

Laguna Blanca (Chile) 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 ...

* Laguna Abascal *

Laguna San Rafael San Rafael Lake is an arc-shaped coastal lake located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region of Chile, within the national park that bears its name. To the north the lagoon is connected to the Moraleda Channel, to the south l ...

* Laguna Verde * Navarino Lake * Nordenskiöld Lake *

O'Higgins Lake O’Higgins may refer to: People *O'Higgins (surname), lists notable people with the surname *O'Higgins family Places *O'Higgins Region, Chile * O'Higgins, Chile, commune in the Capitán Prat Province, Aysén Region, Chile *Villa O'Higgins, the c ...

(in Chile and Argentina) *

Palena Lake Vintter Lake or Palena Lake is a lake located in Patagonia which is shared by Argentina, where it is known as Lago General Vintter, and by Chile, where it's called Lago Palena. Both names are internationally accepted. The Argentine name is after ...

(in Chile and Argentina) * Pehoe Lake * Pilushejan Lake * Pingo Lake * Presidente Rios Lake * Reñihue Lake * Roosevelt Lake *

Sarmiento Lake Sarmiento Lake is a lake located in Torres del Paine National Park, in the Magallanes Region of southern Chile. It is named after Spanish explorer Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and gives its name to one of the areas in the National Park Torres del Pa ...

* Windhond Lake *

Yelcho Lake Yelcho Lake is a large fjord-shaped lake located in Chilean Patagonia, in southern Palena province of Los Lagos Region, Chile. The lake receives the waters of the Futaleufu River at its southern tip, near the tiny settlement of Puerto Ramirez. The ...

Yulton Lake Yulton Lake, situated 4 km east of Cay Volcano and 15 km east of Maca Volcano, is a volcano-dammed lake in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the ...

Lakes by area

Lakes by natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecology, ecological point of view, the naturally occurring fl ...

Lakes in Norte Grande The Norte Grande (''Big North'', ''Far North'', ''Great North'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. It borders Peru to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Altiplano, Bolivia and Ar ...

Lakes in Norte Chico

Lakes in Zona Central

Lakes in Zona Sur Zona Sur (''Southern Zone'') is one of the five natural regions on which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. Its northern border is formed by the Bío-Bío River, which separates it from the Central Chile Zone. The Southern Zone borders t ...

Lakes in Zona Austral The Zona Austral (''Southernmost Zone'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950 corresponding to the Chilean portion of Patagonia. It is surrounded by the Zona Sur and the Chacao Channel to the ...

See also

Lakes by
natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecology, ecological point of view, the naturally occurring fl ...

Lakes in
Norte Grande The Norte Grande (''Big North'', ''Far North'', ''Great North'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. It borders Peru to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Altiplano, Bolivia and Ar ...

Lakes in
Zona Sur Zona Sur (''Southern Zone'') is one of the five natural regions on which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. Its northern border is formed by the Bío-Bío River, which separates it from the Central Chile Zone. The Southern Zone borders t ...

Lakes in
Zona Austral The Zona Austral (''Southernmost Zone'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950 corresponding to the Chilean portion of Patagonia. It is surrounded by the Zona Sur and the Chacao Channel to the ...