Is this the world's largest swimming pool?
There are pictures of the world's largest swimming pool at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo.
If you like doing laps in the pool, you might want to stock up on energy drinks.
It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres and holds 66 million gallons of water.
The largest pool in the world is beside the sea in Chile, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
This one took five years to build, cost nearly $1 billion and has an annual maintenance bill of $2 million.
Since it opened, the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo has attracted huge crowds.
It is larger than the Orthlieb, the second biggest pool in the world, which is 150 yards long and 100 yards wide.The pool is 50 yards by 25 yards.
A computer-controlled system draws fresh water from the ocean at one end and pumps it out at the other end of the pool.
Fernando Fischmann, the inventor of the Crystal Lagoons Corporation, said his company could build an impressive artificial paradise even in inhospitable areas.
We can make it work if we have access to unlimited seawater.
After five years of planning and construction, the Crystal Lagoons corporation designed and built a pool that cost about 1.5 billion dollars to build, covers more than 19 acres of surface area, holds 66 million gallons, and has transparent waters down to a depth of 11 feet.The pool costs $4 million a year to maintain, which includes keeping the ocean water at a temperature of 80F during the summer.
To keep the water fresh, a computer-controlled system draws in water from the sea from one end and pumps it out of the other.
The developer of the technology used in the pool says that it does not harm wildlife or the environment.
According to Guinness World Records, the San Alfonso del Mar pool is the largest saltwater pool in the world.
Tom Chivers.The Daily Telegraph had a story about making a splash in the world's largest pool.January 28, 2008.
Eveline Jenkin.The New Zealand Herald said that the world's largest swimming pool makes a splash.The year ended on 9 November 2007.