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Cordillera Vilcabamba | Laguna Salkantaycocha

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Basin of the moraine-dammed Laguna Salkantaycocha. On 23 February 2020, a huge chunk of rock and ice broke off the S face of Nevado Salkantay, evolving into an avalanche which impacted the lake. The displacement wave overtopped and partly eroded the dam (upper centre of the photo), resulting in a catastrophic glacial lake outburst flood downstream. Since then, the lake basin has been seasonally dry.

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on Wednesday 27 July 2022 by Martin Mergili
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