Chungará Lake
| Lake Chungará | |
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Lake and Parinacota Volcano
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| 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) |
Chungará (hispanicized spelling of Aymara chunkara "pointed mountain") 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 31st highest lake in the world (and the 12th highest in South America). It is near the volcanos Parinacota (20,827 ft or 6,348 m) and Pomerape (20,413 ft or 6,222 m). 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.
Vicuñas at Chungará Lake
Parinacota Volcano and Lake Chungará
Morning on Chungará Lake.
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