Where is the world’s largest swimming pool?

by on January 27, 2008 at 7:17 am in Data Source | Permalink

No Googling.  Guess in the comments section.  If you are desperate, the answer is here.  Here is a close-up photo.  Here are more good photos, with giveaways as to the location.

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DaveInOz January 27, 2008 at 8:13 am

It’s that gigantic swimming pool in Chile to the west of Santiago. It’s come up in several different links in Stumble Upon.

Robert January 27, 2008 at 9:46 am

Dubai?

Richard McLaughlin January 27, 2008 at 10:05 am

I would have said Dubai, it seems that they grow everything big there. During my last visit I was at a water park and didn’t recognize any spot as a place I had already been for over an hour.

Chile is on the ‘must visit’ list.

Kempy January 27, 2008 at 10:53 am

The first thing that popped into my head was Dubai.

jon January 27, 2008 at 11:35 am

It’s in Chiles, but the thing is, it’s a salt water swimming pool — which in my book just doesn’t qualify as a swimming pool. Call it the world largest artificial lagoon, but swimming pools should be freshwater.

Cyrus January 27, 2008 at 12:31 pm

I also guessed Dubai. The greenery in the background disconcerted me a little, but I was willing to give the coastal strip the benefit of the doubt of being not quite a desert.

Mitch January 27, 2008 at 1:05 pm

Kazakhstan, home of Tinshein swimming pool,
its length thirty meter and width six meter.
Filtration system a marvel to behold,
it remove 80% of human solid waste.

thehova January 27, 2008 at 3:45 pm

I would have guessed Mexico.

Doesn’t the landscape in both Chile and Dubai look more desert like.

thehova January 27, 2008 at 4:57 pm

I was surprised by the Dubai answers as well.

Although to be fair, Dubai does have plans to build a 15,000 feet high mountain range to challenge the Swiss tourism industry.

shawn January 27, 2008 at 6:20 pm

too green for dubai, gents. :) does this thing have tides? sheesh.

kvn January 27, 2008 at 8:24 pm

The green rolling hills in the background should have been a big clue that it isn’t in Dubai.

ozzy February 3, 2008 at 12:58 pm

i want to swim in it right now

Anonymous February 12, 2008 at 11:09 pm

Richard, no one cares about your “must do” list, or what has or hasn’t made “the cut”. Really, just get on with your “list” already, get off the computer, and stop all this ridiculous late-night web page commenting.

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