Miscanti Lake
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Laguna Miscanti.
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| Location | Antofagasta Region |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1] |
| Catchment area | 303 km² [2] |
| Basin countries | Chile |
| Surface area | 13.4 km² [2] |
| Surface elevation | 4,120 m [2] |
| References | [1][2] |
Miscanti Lake (Spanish: Laguna Miscanti) is a brackish water lake located in the altiplano of the Antofagasta Region, in northern Chile. Miñiques volcano and Cerro Miscanti tower over this lake. This heart-shaped lake has a deep blue color. The western shoreline of the lake is separated by less than 1 km from the drainage divide between the lake and the Salar de Atacama basins.[2] Laguna Miscanti basin also has a common boundary with Salar de Talar basin.
A lava flow from an eruption of Miñiques separated Miscanti Lake from Miñiques Lake.[3]
The lake is part of one of the seven sectors of Los Flamencos National Reserve.
Panoramic View of Laguna Miscanti
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Earth Info, earth-info.nga.mil webpage
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 (Spanish) Geoquímica de aguas en cuencas cerradas: I, II y III Regiones - Chile Laguna Miscanti
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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