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Highest Lake on Earth

  • February 26, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Ojos del Salado is the world’s highest active volcano, but it hasn’t erupted for centuries. This mountain on the border of Chile and Argentina is also home to Earth’s highest known lake — a small crater lake that sits almost four miles above sea level!

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