366/1041

The World in Images

Logo

Valle del Aconcagua | Portillo with Laguna del Inca

WI_ch315m.jpg

Portillo is one of the most famous ski resorts of the S hemisphere. It hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1966. The dam retaining this scenic lake most likely represents a landslide deposit, even though it was earlier interpreted as a glacial deposit.

Location
View on OpenStreetMap
Created
on Sunday 18 February 2024 by Martin Mergili
Visits and license
100 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license