Arauco Basin, Lota

Name: Arauco Basin
Address: Lota, Chile

#3 among attractions in Lota

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The Arauco Basin is a sediment-filled depression –a sedimentary basin– in south-central Chile. In the context of plate tectonics it is classified as a forearc basin. The basin has an approximate area of 8,000 square kilometres and at its deeper parts the surface of its sedimentary fill reaches 200 metres below sea-level. The basin is interpreted as being part of an uplifted part of the continental shelf. To the west it bounds an active accretionary prism that lies next to the Chile trench and to the east it bounds metamorphic basement representing a fossil Paleozoic accretionary complex that has been intruded by the Coastal Batholith of central Chile. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 37°4'60"S, 73°10'0"W

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Arauco Basin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Andalicán, Fuerte de Colcura, Marihueñu, Estadio Federico Schwager.

5.1 miS
Hill
Andalicán, Laraquete
131 min walk • Andalicán during the era of conquest and colonial times in Chile was the name of the high hill in the middle of two ravines and site of a fortress built by the Mapuche in 1557 to prevent García Hurtado de Mendoza from invading La Araucanía north of Marihueñu and the valley of Colcura.
1.6 miS
Ruins
Fuerte de Colcura, Lota
42 min walk • Fort Colcura was a small fort that was the first Spanish settlement that existed in the commune of Lota, Chile. It was on a small height on the edge of the Bay of Arauco, a little more than two kilometers to the southeast of the modern city of Lota.
3 miSE
Nature, Hill, Natural attraction
Marihueñu
76 min walk • Marihueñu or Marigueno is a large hill in the Nahuelbuta Range near the coast in the Lota commune of the Bío Bío Region of southern Chile. Its name is from the Mapudungun mari, "ten" and huenu, "heights".
5.2 miN
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Estadio Federico Schwager, Coronel
133 min walk • Estadio Municipal Federico Schwager is a multi-use stadium in Coronel, Chile. It's currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Lota Schwager. The stadium holds 5,700 people and was built in 1945.

Arauco Basin, Lota

Facts and practical information

Arauco Basin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Andalicán, Laraquete

Fuerte de Colcura, Lota

Marihueñu

Estadio Federico Schwager, Coronel