The dam retaining the lake most likely represents a landslide deposit (release area: the peak in the centre of the photo), even though it was interpreted as a glacial deposit earlier. Portillo is one of the most famous ski resorts of the Southern Hemisphere. It hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships 1966.
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- on Thursday 11 February 2016 by Martin Mergili
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- high-mountain ecosystems, lake, landslide, landslide dam, leisure, mountainscape, rock avalanche, Zonobiome IV
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