Huishue Lake
| Huishue Lake | |
|---|---|
 View of Huishue lake with a granitic glacial horn in the background. | |
| Location | Lago Ranco, Chile |
| Coordinates | 40°26′21″S 71°59′47″W / 40.43917°S 71.99639°WCoordinates: 40°26′21″S 71°59′47″W / 40.43917°S 71.99639°W |
| Primary outflows | Melpue River |
| Basin countries | Chile |
| Surface area | ~15,1 km² |
| Surface elevation | just above 500 m |
| Settlements | nearest town Llifén (30 km) |
Huishue Lake (Spanish: Lago Huishue, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwiswe]), Mapudungun for bad place to live, is located in the Andes of the Lago Ranco commune in southern Chile. More precisely the lake is located 10 km south of Maihue Lake (the drainage basin to which it belongs), 15 km northeast of Puyehue Volcano and 10 km west of the Chile-Argentina.
Around the year shift of 1948-1949 Chilean poet Pablo Neruda hide in the Fundo Huishue forestry estate from the legalized persecution of communists at the time. Neruda left Huishue March 1, 1949 and went soon after through Ipela Pass to exile in Argentina and then Europe.
Huishue Lake on the map
2011 eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle[1]
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