Marble Caves

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The Marble Caves are striking, naturally sculpted marble formations and caverns on the shores of General Carrera Lake in Chilean Patagonia, famous for their swirling blue patterns reflected in the glacial water.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Marble Caves canonical 5
Marble Cave 1
Marble Caves rock formations 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cave system ⓘ
natural rock formation ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessFrom Puerto Río Tranquilo ⓘ
accessMethod kayak ⓘ
small boat ⓘ
administrativeRegion Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region ⓘ
linked to: Aysén Region
approximateDistanceFrom Puerto Río Tranquilo by short boat ride ⓘ
bestVisitSeason austral summer ⓘ
climate cold temperate ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
erosionProcessDuration thousands of years ⓘ
formedBy glacial lake water ⓘ
wave erosion ⓘ
geologicalAge over 6000 years old ⓘ
geologicalFormationType karst formation ⓘ
hasPart Marble Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: Catedral de Mármol

Marble Cave ⓘ
linked to: Marble Caves

Marble Chapel ⓘ
knownFor colorful reflections in water ⓘ
photogenic interiors ⓘ
swirling blue patterns ⓘ
lakeAlternateName Lago Buenos Aires ⓘ
Lago General Carrera ⓘ
lightingEffect light filtered through turquoise water ⓘ
locatedIn General Carrera Lake ⓘ
locatedInBasinSharedWith Argentina ⓘ
locatedInCountryPortion Chilean Patagonia ⓘ
linked to: Patagonia
locatedInRegion Aysén Region ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ
locatedNear Puerto Río Tranquilo ⓘ
locatedOn peninsula of solid marble ⓘ
locatedOnShoreOf General Carrera Lake ⓘ
material marble ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Coyhaique ⓘ
photographyGenre landscape photography ⓘ
protectionStatus regional natural attraction ⓘ
surfaceColor blue ⓘ
white ⓘ
surfacePattern veined marble patterns ⓘ
tourismActivity boat tours ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
waterBodyName General Carrera Lake ⓘ
waterBodyType glacial lake ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lago General Carrera → hasPart → Marble Caves ⓘ
Lago General Carrera → knownFor → Marble Caves rock formations ⓘ
linked to: Marble Caves
Marble Caves → hasPart → Marble Cave ⓘ
linked to: Marble Caves
Cuevas de Mármol → translationOfName → Marble Caves ⓘ