Chungará Lake
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| Lake Chungará | |
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 Lake and Parinacota Volcano | |
| Location | Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile |
| Coordinates | 18°15′S 69°09′W / 18.250°S 69.150°WCoordinates: 18°15′S 69°09′W / 18.250°S 69.150°W |
| Primary inflows | Chungará, Sopocalane |
| Basin countries | Chile |
| Surface area | 21.5 square kilometres (8.3 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 33 metres (108 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 4,517 metres (14,820 ft) |
- "Chungara" redirects here. For the journal see Chungara (journal).
Chungará is a lake situated in the extreme north of Chile, in the Altiplano of Arica y Parinacota Region in the Lauca National Park. It is the 29th highest lake in the world (and the 10th highest in South America).[1] It is near the volcanos Parinacota (20,827 ft or 6,348 m) and Pomerape (20,413 ft or 6,222 m).[2] It was formed 8000 years ago, when a major collapse of the edifice of Parinacota produced an avalanche of 6 km³ of debris which blocked drainage pattern, thus creating the lake.
The pencil catfish Trichomycterus chungarensis and the pupfish Orestias chungarensis are endemic to the lake basin.
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Vicuñas at Chungará Lake
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Parinacota Volcano and Lake Chungará
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Morning on Chungará Lake.
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