Licancabur Lake
Licancabur Lake is a crater lake in Chile located on the volcano Licancabur. It is close to the city San Pedro de Atacama and also very close to the border of Chile with Bolivia.Photo: FatAlbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: Crater lake in Chile
- Also known as: “Laguna Licancabur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Licancabur.
Licancabur
Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Licancabur is a prominent, 5,916-metre-high stratovolcano on the Bolivia–Chile border in the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes. It is capped by a 400–500-metre-wide summit crater which contains Licancabur Lake, a crater lake that is among the highest lakes in the world.
Licancabur Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bolivia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.834° or 22° 50′ 2″ southLongitude
-67.8837° or 67° 53′ 1″ westElevation
5,900 metres (19,357 feet)Open location code
579J5488+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 373170498OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q6542987
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Satellite Map
Discover Licancabur Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Vietnamese—“Licancabur Lake” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Danau Licancabur”
- Japanese: “リカンカブール湖”
- Persian: “دریاچه لیکانکابور”
- Persian: “دریاچهٔ لیکانکابور”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Licancabur”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chaxas and Pajonales.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cráter del Volcan Licancabur and Ruinas Incas.
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