Sairecabur · 5,961 m · 13 km N

Lake · Chile

Licancabur Lake

5,868 m19,252 ft

Tonight: -9°CCloudy · Wind 18 km/h W

Licancabur Lake is a lake at 5,868 m above sea level in Chile.

All facts

Surface elevation: 5,868 m

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3D map

Licancabur Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Licancabur Lake terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Licancabur Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Licancabur Lake weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -9°C (16°F) · Wind 18 km/h W

Licancabur Lake forecast for about 5,868 m.

Tonight-9°–18 km/h W
Sat-12°0°1.6 mm38 km/h W
Sun-13°0°–27 km/h W
Mon-12°-2°0.3 mm26 km/h W
Tue-13°-1°–25 km/h W
Wed-13°-2°3.8 mm21 km/h W
Thu-16°-6°2.5 mm23 km/h W
Fri-15°-3°–19 km/h W
Sat-13°-2°–25 km/h W
Sun-12°0°–18 km/h W

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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

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

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

4.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

32.0%

Steep, 30–45°

63.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 63.6% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 1,569 m low point 4,356 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 99.4%Grassland 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Licancabur Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

JPGLicancabur Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-24.

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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 2026-09-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · Wikipedia