Miñiques Volcano · 5,910 m · 5.5 km SE

Lake · Antofagasta Region

Laguna Miñiques

4,134 m13,563 ft

Area: 1.40 km²
Tonight: -1°CSnow · Wind 19 km/h NW

Laguna Miñiques is a lake at 4,134 m above sea level in Antofagasta Region, Chile, 1.40 km² in area and 1.7 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 4,134 m
Length: 1.7 km
Shoreline: 5.2 km

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Lake

Laguna Miñiques in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 5.2 km≈1¼ h to walk around

3D map

Laguna Miñiques 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Laguna Miñiques terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Laguna Miñiques elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Laguna Miñiques weather

Tonight · Snow · -1°C (30°F) · 4.8 mm · Wind 19 km/h NW

Laguna Miñiques forecast for about 4,134 m.

Tonight-1°4.8 mm19 km/h NW
Sat-4°7°0.8 mm47 km/h NW
Sun-3°9°–28 km/h NW
Mon-3°7°3.6 mm31 km/h NW
Tue-4°6°–31 km/h NW
Wed-3°7°3.7 mm30 km/h NW
Thu-6°2°2.5 mm25 km/h NW
Fri-4°6°0.2 mm27 km/h NW
Sat-3°6°–28 km/h NW
Sun-2°9°–30 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Laguna Miñiques

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Laguna Miñiques, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
Laguna Miscanti/Miñiques
0.9 km N · +2 more within 2.2 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Laguna Miscanti/MiñiquesParking	0.9 km N
Parking	0.9 km NNW
Parking	2.2 km N

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 78% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

78.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

21.7%

Steep, 30–45°

0.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.2% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 553 m low point 3,996 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 68.1%Grassland 23.0%Water 8.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 40 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Andean Gull17
Liolaemus omorfi10
Fabiana bryoides7
Puna Miner4
Crested Duck4
Junellia pappigera4

Where it sits

Where Laguna Miñiques sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

PularPeak · 6,233 m56 km SSW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGLaguna Miñiques satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-13.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-13)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Laguna Miñiques

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