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Encyclopedia > Licancabur
Licancabur

Licancabur and Laguna Verde
Elevation 5,920 metres (19,422 feet)
Location Bolivia-Chile
Range Andes
Coordinates 22°50′S 67°53′W
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption Holocene

Licancabur is a stratovolcano which lies on the border of Chile and Bolivia (the peak proper being located in Chile) near the Laguna Verde. Its last eruption happened in the Holocene. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2000x1365, 246 KB) Licancabur and Laguna verde, by User:Gerd Breitenbach 2003, source File links The following pages link to this file: Licancabur ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... The Andes form the longest mountain chain in the world. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... Stratovolcano Mount St. ... Volcano 1. ... The Holocene epoch is a geological period that extends from the present day back to about 10,000 radiocarbon years, approximately 11,430 ± 130 calendar years BP (between 9560 and 9300 BC). ... Stratovolcano Mount St. ... Laguna verde Lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, at the foot of the volcano Licancabur. ... The Holocene epoch is a geological period that extends from the present day back to about 10,000 radiocarbon years, approximately 11,430 ± 130 calendar years BP (between 9560 and 9300 BC). ...

Licancabur, View of the volcano from San Pedro de Atacama.
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Licancabur, View of the volcano from San Pedro de Atacama.

Licancabur is a Cunza word that the indigenous people of this area used to refer to themselves as well as to the volcano. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 922 KB) Licancabur Volcano in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 922 KB) Licancabur Volcano in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. ... San Pedro de Atacama is a pre-Inca town in northern Chile, and a popular tourist destination. ... A Hupa man, 1923 The indigenous peoples of the Americas were the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those historical peoples. ...


The 70 by 90 metre crater lake at the summit is believed to be the highest lake in the world, and despite air temperatures of -30 °C it contains numerous living creatures.


External links

  • Smithsonian, Global Volcanism Program, Licancabur
  • Licancabur, tour 2003
  • NASA Licancabur Expedition: Exploring the Highest Lakes on Earth

Sources

  • Siebert, L. and T. Simkin (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3. URL: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/

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Licancabur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (142 words)
Licancabur is a stratovolcano which lies on the border of Chile and Bolivia (the peak proper being located in Chile) near the Laguna Verde.
Licancabur is a Cunza word that the indigenous people of this area used to refer to themselves as well as to the volcano.
The 70 by 90 metre crater lake at the summit is believed to be the highest lake in the world, and despite air temperatures of -30 °C it contains numerous living creatures.
Volcán Licancabur - AndesHandbook (488 words)
The Licancabur is definitely a very special volcano: our gaze stops instintively with detention over its slopes, hipnotized, erasing momentarily the memories of other volcanos.
The Licancabur has one of the biggest and better studied archaelogical complexes of all the high altitude sanctuaries in Chile.
Licancabur is a kunza name, kunza being the language spoken by the people of Atacama.
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