Laguna del Carbón

Laguna del Carbón (Spanish for "Coal Lagoon") is a 105 metres (344 ft) below sea level depression located at coordinates coord|49|34|40|S|68|21|00|W in the Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is the lowest point of both the Western and Southern Hemispheres, and the 7^th lowest point on Earth [ [http://home.comcast.net/~igpl/Depressions.html "Depressions of the Earth"] ] .

Located 54 km from the city of Puerto San Julián, it is part of the endorheic "Gran Bajo de San Julián" (Great San Julián Depression) salt lake area located between the San Julián Bay and the Chico River.

As in several other locations in Patagonia, dinosaur fossils have been found in the area [ [http://www.apaleontologica.org.ar/contenido/Ameg43108.php "Prototaxoxylon Kräusel y Dolianiti"] en icon es icon] [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_200503/ai_n11827026/pg_7 " THE GENUS TROPHON MONFORT, 1810 (GASTROPODA: MURICIDAE) IN THE TERTIARY OF PATAGONIA"] ] .

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External links

* [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/94685 Image]
* [http://www.interpatagonia.com/sanjulian/index_i.html near Puerto san Julián: Laguna del Carbón]
* [http://www.santacruz.gov.ar/index.php?opcion=relieve Physiognomy of the Santa Cruz Province] - Argentine Paleontologic Assossiation en icon es icon