southern King...Volcano lands

Location : Los Lagos Region, Chile
Nearest city : Puerto Varas
Coordinates: 41°08′30″S 72°10′23″W / 41.14167°S 72.17306°W / -41.14167; -72.17306
Area: 2,530 km² Welcome to another chapter of Compass of the North, this time, travelling in the southern lands of Chile, South America.... Chile landscapes never stop to surprise and give some great shots for your camera.... today we are located 64 km. from Puerto Varas, in Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park, visiting one of the most beautiful attractions of the South Of Chile.... Osorno Volcano and Saltos del Petrohué... enjoy!

Volcán Osorno is a 2,652 m (8,701 feet) tall conical stratovolcano lying between the provinces of Osorno and Llanquihue, in Los Lagos Region of Chile. It stands on the southeastern shore of Lake Llanquihue, and also towers over Todos los Santos Lake. Osorno is known worldwide as a symbol of the local landscape, and is noted for its similar appearance to Mount Fuji.

Osorno is one of the most active volcanoes of the southern Chilean Andes, with 11 historical eruptions recorded between 1575 and 1869. The basalt and andesite lava flows generated during these eruptions reached both Llanquihue and Todos los Santos Lakes. The upper slopes of the volcano are almost entirely covered in glaciers despite its very modest altitude and latitude, sustained by the substantial snowfall in the very moist maritime climate of the region.

Charles Darwin glimpsed Volcán Osorno from a distance in the course of the second voyage of the Beagle, catching sight of its eruption in January 1835.

Floating Chilean House in the Lake

Volcán Osorno was used as the backdrop for promotional photos and video in Motorola's 2005 global advertising campaign for the PEBL mobile phone.

Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park is located in Los Lagos Region, Llanquihue Province, of Chile. Its western entrance is close to the Ensenada locality, 82 km northeast of the provincial capital of Puerto Montt, and 64 km from Puerto Varas along Ruta CH-225. This national park covers about 2,530 km2 and is almost entirely in the Andes mountain chain. The adjacent national parks Vicente Pérez Rosales and Puyehue National Park in Chile, and Nahuel Huapi National Park and Lanín National Park in Argentina, provide a continuous protected area of close to 15 000 km2.

The park protects the body of Todos los Santos Lake and a large part of its catchment. The outlet of the lake at the Petrohué locality gives rise to the Petrohué River. A short distance downstream, still within the limits of the Park, the Petrohué river flows through the Petrohue Waterfalls.

Kayaks adventures is another option if you want to enjoy and discover in another angle this amazing landscape.... for further information click here: http://www.yakexpediciones.cl/eng/SK-Todos_Los_Santos_Lake_2days.asp