🌊 Laguna Miscanti

Chile · Americas · 4,140 m · 23.73°S, 67.77°W

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Laguna Miscanti
Laguna Miscanti is a brackish lake in the Altiplano of the Antofagasta Region in Norte Grande, Chile. It has an area of about 13 square kilometres (5 sq mi) and the shape of an arrowhead. The lake has no permanent surface inflows or outflows apart from several springs, and is primarily fed and drained by groundwater flows. Laguna Miscanti is located among the volcanoes of the Central Andes. The smaller Laguna Miñiques lies immediately south, separated from Miscanti by a lava flow.

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Quick facts

CountryChile
Continent / regionAmericas
Surface elevation4,140 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)23.73°S, 67.77°W · view on map

Laguna Miscanti sits at 4,140 m in Chile, in Americas. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Surface elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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