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Parque Nacional Laguna del Laja

TIME : 2016/2/19 15:28:11

Some 93km east of Los Angeles you'll find the 116 sq km Parque Nacional Laguna del Laja. Within the park is the symmertrical cone of Volcán Antuco (2985m). Lava from this volcano dammed the Río Laja , creating the lake that gives the park its name.

The lava fields immediately around the lake form an eerie lunar landscape. Although the volcano may seem quiet, it is not extinct: volcanic activity was last recorded about 70 years ago.