Lago Escondido (Spanish for ''Hidden Lake'') is a village and

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in the

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department in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. As of 2001 it has a population of 71, growing from 46 in 1991. The villages which thrives lives mainly on logging and

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, is located 57 km north of

. There is a major sawmill works and timber operation in the area. Lago Escondido is surrounded by forests and steep mountain ranges. The lake on which the village lies (and shares the same name) tends to change color depending on the sunlight.

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