Potrok Aike

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Potrok Aike
Location Pali-Aike Volcanic Field, Güer Aike Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in Patagonia
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Type maar
Basin countries Argentina
Max. length 3.5 km
Max. depth 100 m
Surface elevation 113 m

Potrok Aike is a maar in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. It has a roughly circular shape and an average diamete of 2,700 metres. It is located just 2,200 metres north of the Argentina-Chile border. It is a maar lake and part of the Pali-Aike Volcanic Field. The Potrok Aike Maar Lake Sediment Archive Drilling Project (PASADO) bore a number of ICDP drill holes for October–November 2008.[1] The aim is to investigate the crater-filling sediments and the underlying volcaniclastic deposits.

Climate

Climate data for Potrok Aike
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 31.4
(88.5)
29.7
(85.5)
30.2
(86.4)
22.4
(72.3)
18.2
(64.8)
14.4
(57.9)
13.0
(55.4)
15.1
(59.2)
20.1
(68.2)
23.3
(73.9)
26.3
(79.3)
31.4
(88.5)
31.4
(88.5)
Average high °C (°F) 17.6
(63.7)
17.4
(63.3)
15.1
(59.2)
11.4
(52.5)
6.5
(43.7)
3.2
(37.8)
3.1
(37.6)
5.3
(41.5)
9.8
(49.6)
12.7
(54.9)
14.7
(58.5)
16.3
(61.3)
11.9
(53.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 11.5
(52.7)
11.1
(52)
9.2
(48.6)
6.1
(43)
2.5
(36.5)
0.2
(32.4)
0.1
(32.2)
1.5
(34.7)
4.5
(40.1)
6.6
(43.9)
8.6
(47.5)
10.4
(50.7)
6.7
(44.1)
Average low °C (°F) 5.4
(41.7)
5.0
(41)
3.6
(38.5)
1.2
(34.2)
−1.4
(29.5)
−3.0
(26.6)
−3.0
(26.6)
−1.9
(28.6)
−0.2
(31.6)
0.7
(33.3)
2.2
(36)
4.5
(40.1)
1.6
(34.9)
Record low °C (°F) −5.1
(22.8)
−4.7
(23.5)
−7.8
(18)
−7.3
(18.9)
−11.4
(11.5)
−16.8
(1.8)
−18.2
(−0.8)
−16.4
(2.5)
−12.4
(9.7)
−6.0
(21.2)
−6.0
(21.2)
−2.2
(28)
−18.2
(−0.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 19.6
(0.772)
19.1
(0.752)
20.8
(0.819)
19.6
(0.772)
13.9
(0.547)
13.2
(0.52)
12.5
(0.492)
12.8
(0.504)
9.8
(0.386)
13.4
(0.528)
16.7
(0.657)
18.7
(0.736)
162.6
(6.402)
Average relative humidity (%) 58.6 60.0 64.9 70.8 77.9 81.6 80.3 76.9 70.1 63.4 58.8 57.9 67.7
Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria[2]

Notes

  1. PASADO Project
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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