Lejía Lake

#124 among destinations in Chile

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Laguna Lejía is a salt lake located in the Altiplano of the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile. The landscape of the area is dominated by the volcanoes Chiliques, Lascar, Aguas Calientes and Acamarachi. It is shallow and has no outlet, covering a surface area of about 1.9 square kilometres in the present-day. ()

Local name: Lago Lejía Area: 0.73 mi²Elevation: 14255 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 23°30'11"S, 67°40'51"W

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AntofagastaChile

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Lejía Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chiliques, Cerro Overo.

5.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Chiliques
145 min walk • Chiliques is a stratovolcano located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile. Chiliques is capped off by a 500 metres wide summit crater, which contains two crater lakes. One of these lakes is found in the northern part and the other east-southeastern part.
1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Cerro Overo
33 min walk • Cerro Overo is a volcanic crater in Chile. It lies at the foot of Chiliques volcano and close to Laguna Lejía, over ignimbrites of Pliocene age erupted by the La Pacana volcano.