Blue sky view of red galleon-like pleasure boat moored on Lake Llanquihue, towards Volcan Calbuco, from Puerto Varas, Chile
Lake Llanquihue ('Yan-key-way'), having a surface area of 860 square kilometres (330 square miles) is the second largest lake in Chile. Two potentially explosive stratovolcanoes, composed of ash, pumice and andesite lava layers, stand on the south east shore of the lake. The Calbuco Volcano, seen here, has erupted 9 times since 1837, 30 cm 'bombs' of lava being thrown up to 8 km from the crater in one of the largest eruptions in Southern Chile in 1893-94. The last major eruption in 1961 produced ash columns 12-15 km high. Steam emissions were seen on 19 August 1996. Violent stratovolcanoes are common in subduction zones, where oceanic crust is drawn down under a continent. Puerto Varas is a holiday resort on the south-west shores of the lake.
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Location: Lake Llanquihue, Puerto Varas, Los Lagos Region, Chile, South America
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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