Colbún Lake

Colbún Lake is a reservoir in the in , straddling the provinces of Talca and Linares. Located 48 km southeast of the city of , the regional capital and 35 km northeast of the city of and with an area of 5,700 hectares and a capacity of 1,490,000 m³, it is the largest artificial reservoir in Chile.
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: reservoir in Chile
  • Also known as: Lago Colbun

Places of Interest

Highlights include Colorado Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airstrip 20 kilometres east of , near the village of El Colorado in the of . The airstrip is just north of Colbún Lake, and 3.8 kilometres east and upstream of the dam on the that forms the lake. is situated 4 km west of Colbún Lake.

Colbún Lake

Latitude
-35.674° or 35° 40′ 26″ south
Longitude
-71.264° or 71° 15′ 50″ west
Elevation
425 metres (1,394 feet)
Open location code
47PC8PGP+CC
Geo­Names ID
7627568
Wiki­data ID
Q3752685
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Satellite Map

Discover Colbún Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Colbún Lake” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Colbún aintzira
  • Catalan: llac Colbún
  • Catalan: Llac Colbún
  • Cebuano: Lago Colbún
  • Chinese: 科爾文湖
  • Dutch: Colbún Lake
  • French: lac Colbún
  • French: Lac Colbún
  • Hungarian: Colbún-tó
  • Italian: lago Colbún
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lago Colbún
  • Russian: Кольбун
  • Spanish: Embalse Colbún
  • Spanish: Lago Colbún
  • Swedish: Lago Colbún
  • Ukrainian: Кольбун

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Embalse Colbún and Cerro Colorado.

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