Cejar salt lake
About
ma
is the largest
salt flat
in
Chile
.
It is located 55 km (34 mi) south of
San Pedro de Atacama
, is surrounded by mountains, and has no drainage outlets. In the east it is enclosed by the main chain of the
Andes
, while to the west lies a secondary mountain range of the Andes called
Cordillera de Domeyko
. Large volcanoes dominate the landscape, including the
Licancabur
,
Acamarachi
,
Aguas Calientes
and the
Láscar
. The last is one of the most active volcanoes in Chile. All of them are located along the eastern side of the Salar de Atacama, forming a generally north-south trending line of volcanoes that separate it from smaller
endorheic basins
.