Potrok Aike is a maar in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. It has a roughly circular shape and an average diameter 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.
| Potrok Aike | |
|---|---|
  Potrok Aike | |
| Location | Pali-Aike Volcanic Field, Güer Aike Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in Patagonia |
| Coordinates | 51°57′47″S 70°22′46″W / 51.96306°S 70.37944°W |
| Type | maar |
| Basin countries | Argentina |
| Max. length | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) |
| Max. depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 113 m (371 ft) |
Climate
edit| 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) |
| Mean daily maximum °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 (52.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
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) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
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 (36.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
1.6 (34.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−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 (28.0) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 19.6 (0.77) |
19.1 (0.75) |
20.8 (0.82) |
19.6 (0.77) |
13.9 (0.55) |
13.2 (0.52) |
12.5 (0.49) |
12.8 (0.50) |
9.8 (0.39) |
13.4 (0.53) |
16.7 (0.66) |
18.7 (0.74) |
162.6 (6.40) |
| 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
edit- ^ PASADO Project
- ^ "Información de estaciones agrometeorológicas–Potrok Aike" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
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