Laguna del Diamante vehicle. The lake was described by Antoine de Saint Exupéry in his book "Wind, Sand and Stars" as quoted, "...he [Guillaumet] caught sight of a dark horizontal blot which he recognized as a lake Laguna Diamante". Laguna del Diamante Laguna del Diamante (Spanish for "lake of the diamond") is a lake located in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, in the San Carlos Department, some 198 km from Mendoza. It covers a surface area of about 14.1 km² and is one of the largest freshwater resources in the Province. Nearby is Maipo volcano. The volcano and its reflection in the lake
Laguna del Maule (volcano) northwest of Laguna del Maule, a neighbouring rhyodacite west of Laguna del Maule dam, basaltic () 63,000–62,000 years ago near the outlet of Laguna del Maule, a rhyolite east of the outlet 38,000 ± 29,000 years ago, and andesites also west of the dam 27,000–26,000 years ago named . Silicic volcanic units erupted after 25,000 include young andesites on the western coast of Laguna del Maule 24,000 years ago, rhyodacitic 21,000 years ago southeast of Laguna del Maule and rhyolitic () 19,000 years ago in the northern part of the field, the latter of which dammed the Maule River and