Laguna Verde (lake of Chile)

Laguna Verde (lake of Chile)

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lake_name = Laguna Verde
image_lake = Laguna Verde (Chile).jpg
caption_lake =with Falso Azufre in the background
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catchment = 1,075 km²
basin_countries = Chile
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area = 15 km²
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elevation = convert|14200|ft|m|0|lk=on
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reference = Es icon [http://www.chile.ird.fr/pdf/salarpdf/Tercera%20Region/LAV.pdf IRD en Chile: Laguna Verde] ] [http://www.climber.org/TripReports/1998/374.html Ojos del Salado, Chile] . "Climber.Org Trip Report".] Earth Info, "earth-info.nga.mil" webpage: [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html] .]

Laguna Verde is a salt lake in the Andes Mountains of Chile. It lies in the Atacama Region, near San Francisco Pass. The volcano Ojos del Salado 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 volcano in the world.

ee also

*Nevado Tres Cruces National Park
*Copiapó

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