MAPS OF CHILE

MAP of VOLCANO NACIONAL PARK ISLUGA

Isluga Volcano National Park is a Chilean national park located in the Tarapaca Region, located at an average altitude of 4,000 meters, covering 174,744 ha distributed in the districts of Colchane, Camina and Huara. Created in 1967, but the current limits were set in 1985.

In general the relief of the park is quite irregular. The highest peaks of the hills Quimsachata record of 5,400 m, 5,252 m and Tatajachura of Latarama of 5,207 meters. There is also considerable height Isluga volcano, which gives its name to the park of 5,550 meters, with snow-capped peaks and craters permanent fumarolic emissions.

In its interior Aravilla lagoon, which rises in the southern slopes of the hills Quimsachatas and which name changes from downstream, the stream of Aroma, whose surface waters are born of a series of ephemeral streams, and lakes and Arabilla Parinacota possessing great variety of birds and scenic environments relevant.

As for the climate we can say that the average annual rainfall ranging from 50 mm to 250 mm, concentrated from December to March. Average annual temperatures are 10 and -5 ° C.

Another attraction, and most importantly, Puchuldiza geothermal field, formed by geysers and hot springs where the water reaches up to 85 ° C. The fumaroles are seen mainly in the mornings in the highlands and in winter during the coldest months, the waters forming magnificent frozen ice blocks.