Licancabur is a stratovolcano on the border between Bolivia and Chile, south of

the Sairecabur volcano and west of Juriques. Part of the Andean Central Volcanic Zone, it has a
prominent, 5,916-metre (19,409 ft)-high cone. A 400-metre (1,300 ft) summit
crater containing Licancabur Lake, a crater lake which is among the highest lakes in the world, caps
the volcano. Three stages of lava flow emanate from the volcano, which formed
on Pleistocene ignimbrites.
Licancabur has been active during the Holocene, after the ice ages. Although no historic eruptions of
the volcano are known, lava flows extending into Laguna Verde have been dated to 13,240
100 BP. The volcano has primarily erupted andesite, with small amounts of dacite and basaltic
andesite.
Its climate is cold, dry and very sunny, with high levels of ultraviolet radiation.[2] Licancabur is not
covered by glaciers, and vegetation such as cushion plants and shrubs are found lower on its
slopes. Chinchillas were formerly hunted on the volcano.
Licancabur is considered a holy mountain by the Atacameno people, related to the Cerro Quimal hill
in northern Chile. Archeological sites have been found on its slopes and in the summit crater, which
may have been a prehistoric watchtower.