Licancabur

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/licancabur

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1. How tall is Licancabur?5,916 meters (19,409 feet)
2. What is the location?Central Volcanic Zone, Andes Mountains, straddling the Bolivia–Chile border
3. What is the summit crater diameter?400–500 meters (1,300–1,600 feet)
4. Why does Licancabur have a lake on its summit?The lake is fed by occasional snowmelt from higher up and underground water. Even though the mountain is very dry, these sources keep the lake alive.
5. How high is the lake on Licancabur?The lake sits inside a crater that is 400–500 meters wide. It is one of the highest lakes in the world.

Stratovolcano: A large, conical volcano composed of layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash.
Ignimbrite: A type of volcanic rock formed from a pyroclastic flow, often appearing as consolidated ash and pumice.
Holocene: The current geological epoch, characterized by the period of warmer climate following the last ice age.
Andesite: A volcanic rock of intermediate composition, commonly found in stratovolcanoes.