Missing large lake in southern Chile
The lake was situated in the Magallanes
region in
It had a surface area of between 4 and 5 hectares (10-12 acres) -- about the size of 10 soccer pitches.
"In March we patrolled the area and everything
was normal ... we went again in May and to our surprise we found the lake had
completely disappeared," said Juan Jose Romero, regional director of
"The only things left were chunks of ice on the dry lake-bed and an enormous fissure," he told Reuters.
CONAF is investigating the disappearance.
One theory is that the area was hit by an earth tremor that opened a crack in the ground which acted like a drain.