Licancabur volcano

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mountain stratovolcano

Licancabur volcano is a prominent, near-symmetrical stratovolcano on the Chile–Bolivia border, famed for its high-altitude crater lake and significance in Andean geology and local indigenous culture.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Licancabur	1
Licancur	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ
climbingStatus	popular mountaineering destination ⓘ
country	Bolivia ⓘ Chile ⓘ
craterLakeAltitude	about 5900 m ⓘ
craterLakeNotability	one of the highest lakes in the world ⓘ
elevation	about 19426 ft ⓘ about 5920 m ⓘ
firstAscentByEuropeans	early 20th century ⓘ
formsPartOf	Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ surface form: Andean Central Volcanic Zone
geologicalSetting	Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSites	Inca ceremonial structures near summit ⓘ
hasClimate	cold and arid ⓘ
hasCrater	yes ⓘ
hasCraterLake	yes ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	associated with Andean cosmology and mountain worship ⓘ
hasShape	near-symmetrical cone ⓘ
isLandmarkOf	Atacama Region ⓘ surface form: Atacama region
isSacredTo	Atacameño people ⓘ local Andean indigenous cultures ⓘ
lastEruption	Holocene ⓘ
locatedInDepartment	Potosí Department ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange	Andes ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea	near Los Flamencos National Reserve ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Antofagasta Region ⓘ
locatedNear	San Pedro de Atacama ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf	Bolivia ⓘ Chile ⓘ
mountainType	stratovolcano ⓘ
nameLanguage	Kunza ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Altiplano plateau ⓘ surface form: Bolivian Altiplano Juriques volcano ⓘ
overlooks	Atacama Desert ⓘ salar de Atacama ⓘ surface form: Salar de Atacama
prominence	highly prominent peak ⓘ
summitFeatures	crater about 400 m in diameter ⓘ
tourismActivity	landscape photography ⓘ mountain climbing ⓘ trekking ⓘ
usedFor	astrobiology and Mars-analog studies ⓘ high-altitude archaeological research ⓘ high-altitude biology research ⓘ
visibleFrom	San Pedro de Atacama ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt	Andean Volcanic Belt ⓘ
volcanicRockType	andesite ⓘ dacite ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andean Volcanic Belt → contains → Licancabur volcano ⓘ

this entity surface form: Licancabur

Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes → contains → Licancabur volcano ⓘ

salar de Atacama → locatedNear → Licancabur volcano ⓘ

subject surface form: Salar de Atacama