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Marble Caves of Lago Carrera (Cavernas de Mármol), Patagonia, Chile
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The Marble Caves/Caverns with Marble Chapel and Marble Cathedral are an unusual geological formation located at the centre of Lake General Carrera in Chile. The caves represent a group of caverns, columns and tunnels formed in monoliths of marble. Six thousand years of wave erosion created the undulating patterns that give these caves their marbleized effect. Visitors can kayak throughout the caves on days when the waters are calm. The Lake General Carrera (Chilean side) or Lake Buenos Aires (Argentine side) is a lake located in Patagonia and shared by Argentina and Chile. Both names are internationally accepted. The lake has a surface of 1,850 km² of which 970 km² are in the Chilean Aisén Region, and 880 km² in the Argentine Santa Cruz Province, making it the biggest lake in Chile, and the fourth largest in Argentina. In its western basin, Lake Gen. Carrera has 586 m maximum depth. ...
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