Petrel Lake
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Petrel Lake is a salt lake
located in Pichilemu
beach, Chile
, in front of Pichilemu railway station
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It contains a high percentage of sea water, and it was formerly one of the main attractions of Pichilemu.
It is named after the hacienda
San Antonio de Petrel, located nearby Pichilemu.
Salt lake
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water which has a concentration of salts and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes . In some cases, salt lakes have a higher concentration of salt than sea water, but such lakes would also be termed hypersaline lakes...
located in Pichilemu
Pichilemu
Pichilemu , originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province. It is located southwest of Santiago, the capital of Chile, and comprises an urban center and twenty-three villages, such as Ciruelos, Cáhuil, and Espinillo...
beach, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, in front of Pichilemu railway station
Pichilemu railway station
Pichilemu railway station was a railway station in Pichilemu. It is a wood construction dated circa 1925, located in front of the Petrel Lake, near Daniel Ortúzar Avenue . It remained in operation until the 1990s, and became a National Monument on September 16, 1994. It has since become an arts...
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It contains a high percentage of sea water, and it was formerly one of the main attractions of Pichilemu.
It is named after the hacienda
Hacienda
Hacienda is a Spanish word for an estate. Some haciendas were plantations, mines, or even business factories. Many haciendas combined these productive activities...
San Antonio de Petrel, located nearby Pichilemu.