__NOTOC__ Laguna del Carbón (Spanish for "coal lagoon") is a salt lake in Corpen Aike Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. This salt lake is located from Puerto San Julián, within the Gran Bajo de San Julián (Great San Julián Depression), an endorheic basin situated between the San Julian Bay and the Chico River. At below sea level, Laguna del Carbón is the lowest point of the Americas, and the seventh-lowest point on Earth.
As in several other locations in Patagonia, dinosaur fossils have been found in the area.
See also Badwater Basin – The lowest point in North America.
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near Puerto san Julián: Laguna del Carbón Physiognomy of the Santa Cruz Province - Argentine Paleontologic Association Caroline and Stephen: 7 Lows South America - Laguna del Carbón images