A perfect triangle seen from Chile
A marvelous landscape: Huechulafquen lake and
the Lanín Volcano
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Lanín Volcano (3,776 m) is situated
in the southwest part of Neuquén
province, between the Paimún
and Tromen lakes. It is surrounded by the National
Park of the same name.
In the Mapuche (the natives of this region) language,
its name means "We sink (in ash)".
It is a challenge to both local and foreign climbers,
who dream of its exhilarating summit, by its hazarous steep north and south
slopes usually covered by a blanket of ice and even snow, depending on
the season. Its slopes up to 2000 m.o.s.l, are covered by Pehuen´s
(araucaria araucana) forests, trees that can reach more than 70 m, and
that just grow up 4 cm each year.
Although it is extinguished, geologically, Lanín
is concidered one of the youngest volcanoes of the Andes, and one of the
most beautiful mountains of the world.
Click here to see a video of Lanín Volcano
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