Licancabur - Definition

Licancabur is a stratovolcano which lies on the border of Chile and Bolivia near the Laguna verde. Its last eruption happened in the Holocene.

The 70 x 90 m crater lake at the summit is believed to be the highest lake in the world, and despite temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius it contains numerous living creatures.

External links

• Smithsonian, Global Volcanism Program, Licancabur (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1505-092)
• Licancabur, tour 2003 (http://gerdbreitenbach.de/anden/bolivia_1/licancabur_en.html)
• NASA Licancabur Expedition (http://www.extremeenvironment.com/2003/): Exploring the Highest Lakes on Earth

Sources

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