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Pumped in from the Pacific, the water in this Chilean pool is 16°F warmer than the ocean. Photo: Eliseo Fernandez, Reuters. NGM Maps
Salt water from a southern ocean surrounds you. White sand lines the floor and shore. Sailboats dot the surface as snorkelers swim by. Welcome to … the world’s largest pool.
Covering 20 acres and stretching half a mile, the swimming hole at Chile’s San Alfonso del Mar resort is a 115-foot-deep, 66-milliongallon monster. (An Olympic-size pool is “only” 164 feet long, 6 feet 7 inches deep, 660,000 gallons.) Built for $3.5 million by the Chilean firm Crystal Lagoons, which aims to open an even vaster version in the Egyptian desert, the pool has delighted resort guests and curiosity seekers since 2007. Now athletes are joining the list.
U.S. triathlete Amanda Stevens, 32, took a dip in—and a run around—the giant pool last year. “It stretches on forever and ever,” she gushes. “There should be a training camp here!” —Jeremy Berlin
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Mar 16, 2010 10AM #
Did this pool get affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami?
Mar 16, 2010 10AM #
woaahhh.. that is one amazing pool! i wonderif they also put improvised waves on it.. :)
Mar 16, 2010 10AM #
Looks beautiful.
Mar 16, 2010 10AM #
Amazing pool!
Mar 16, 2010 10AM #
115 feet deep?...are they deep sea diving in it?
Mar 16, 2010 10AM #
no, our pool is still there. its really amazing. you should come
Mar 16, 2010 10AM #
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Mar 16, 2010 10AM #
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