Laguna Verde (lake Of Chile)
Laguna Verde (Spanish for "green lake" or "green lagoon") is a salt lake in the Andes Mountains of Chile. It lies in the Atacama Region (third region), near San Francisco Pass. The stratovolcano Ojos del Salado, on the border with Argentina, marks the south border of its basin.
High mountains surround the lake. Among them are El Muerto, Incahuasi, Falso Azufre, Peña Blanca, Barrancas Blancas, El Ermitaño, Vicuñas and the already mentioned Ojos del Salado, the highest active volcano in the world.
See also
References
- ^ Earth Info, earth-info.nga.mil webpage: "GNS: Country Files". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2007-04-06..
- ^ (in Spanish) IRD en Chile: Laguna Verde Archived 2006-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ojos del Salado, Chile. Climber.Org Trip Report.
External links
Media related to Laguna Verde (Atacama) at Wikimedia Commons
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