Lake Acigami Ushuaia Argentina Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Lake Acigami, Errázuriz or Roca is a binational body of water, located in the south of the Big Island of Tierra del Fuego divided between the republics of Argentina and Chile. The lake, of glacial origin, is longitudinally northwest-southeast, between the mountain ranges of Guanaco and the Pyramids of the Andes. Its length is approximately 11 km, with an average width of 1.5 km, placing two thirds of its extension in Chilean territory. The lake is the result of a natural embalming of the Lapataia River, the product of a glacial moraine. The Argentine part of its basin is totally protected by the Tierra del Fuego National Park. The Chilean part is totally protected by the Yendegaia National Park, it is part of the Comuna de Cabo de Hornos which in turn is part of the Chilean Antarctic Province. In the name of Roca, it corresponds to the Argentine sector of the lake, while that of Errázuriz corresponds to the Chilean sector. These two names come from the surnames of the presidents Julio Argentino Roca from Argentina and Federico Errázuriz Echaurren from Chile who starred in the Abrazo del Estrecho on February 15, 1899 aboard the cruise O`Higgins, ending the Litigation of the Puna of Atacama. The aboriginal name of the lake is Acigami, which in the Yagan language means `basket or elongated bag`, and has been restored in 2008, in the Argentine part, by the National Parks Administration of Argentina. However, it is allowed to continue also using the name `Rock`