Laguna Verde, Bolivia

Chile / Antofagasta / Calama /
 salt lake, interesting place
Laguna Verde (Spanish for "green lake") is a salt lake in an endorheic basin, in the southwestern Altiplano in Bolivia. It is located in the Sur Lípez Province of the Potosí Department. It is close to the Chilean border, at the foot of the volcano Licancabur. The Laguna Verde is a lake at 4,310 metres (14,140 ft) elevation. It covers an area of 7.5 square kilometres (2.9 sq mi) and has a depth of 5.4 metres (18 ft), and a narrow causeway divides it into two parts. It is at the southwestern extremity of the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve and Bolivia itself. It has mineral suspensions of arsenic and other minerals which renders colour to the lake waters. Its color varies from turquoise to dark emerald depending on the disturbance caused to sediments in the lake by winds.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Verde_(Bolivia)
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Coordinates:   22°47'41"S   67°50'10"W

Comments

  • Very beautiful and wonderful lake !!!)