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
Pelican Lagoon is the American River Aquatic Reserve which covers the entire lagoon. The second is the Pelican Lagoon Conservation Park which includes five of the islands in the lagoon and much of the land on the peninsula to the north of the lagoon. The third is the Encounter Marine Park. The lagoon is also appears on a list of nationally important wetlands in South Australia as part of the ‘American River Wetland System’. Pelican Lagoon Pelican Lagoon is a seawater lagoon in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island about south east of Kingscote.