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 Barco Laguna del Barco Laguna del Barco is a glacial lake in the Sierra de Gredos near the town of El Barco de Ávila, in the province of Ávila, Spain. The lake is at an altitude of . It lies in a long glacial valley on the north side of Covacha, one of three such valleys. Covacha, with a height of is the highest point on the main ridge of the western Sierra de Gredos. The exit from the natural lake has been dammed to increase its storage capacity. The lake can be reached on foot from the hamlet of La