- Laguna del Carbón
Laguna del Carbón (Spanish for "Coal Lagoon") is a 105
metre s (344 ft) belowsea 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 SouthernHemisphere s, and the 7th 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 theSan Julián Bay and theChico River .As in several other locations in
Patagonia ,dinosaur fossil s 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"] ] .References
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
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