Laguna del Desierto incident Laguna del Desierto incident The Laguna del Desierto incident, in Argentina called also Battle of Laguna del Desierto, occurred between four Chilean Carabineros and between 40 and 90 members of the Argentine Gendarmerie and took place in zone south of O'Higgins/San Martín Lake on 6 November 1965, resulting in one lieutenant killed and a sergeant injured, both members of Carabineros, creating a tense atmosphere between Chile and Argentina. The British award of 1903 considered the demands of Chile and Argentina as irreconcilable and previous authorization of both governments draw a boundary between the extreme pretensions of the litigants. In the
Laguna del Maule (volcano) Southern Volcanic Zone alone contains at least 60 volcanoes with historical activity and three major caldera systems. Major volcanoes of the Southern Volcanic Zone include from north to south: Maipo, Cerro Azul, Calabozos, Tatara-San Pedro, Laguna del Maule, Antuco, Villarrica, Puyehue-Cordon Caulle, Osorno, and Chaiten. Laguna del Maule is located within a segment known as the Transitional Southern Volcanic Zone, west of the Peru-Chile trench. Volcanoes in this segment are typically located on basement blocks that have been uplifted between extensional basins. The Laguna del Maule lake lies on the crest of the Andes, within a depression with a diameter