El Ojo Lake (The Eye)
Unusual lake with a circular form. Most of the lake is covered with a somewhat smaller, circular island that floats around.
Anahí Ametrine Mine (Anahi Mine)
The only significant find of ametrine in world. Ametrine an unusual variety of quartz in pink and yellow colors.
Nevado Sajama queñua woodlands: the highest-altitude forest
Possible world’s highest altitude forests. These sparse stands of low queñua (Polylepis tarapacana) trees grow up to the height of 5 000 m.
The southernmost forest at Cape Horn
World’s southernmost forest – a group of low, windswept trees: Nothofagus antarctica, Nothofagus betuloides and Drimys winteri.
Suspiro del Diablo Blowhole
Comparatively small but active blowhole. It emits a several metres high fountain of mist and characteristic noise.
El soplador – blowhole in Española
In the volcanic rocks of Galapagos have formed numerous impressive blowholes but “El soplador” is the best known because it is at the tourist route. At high tide “El soplador” at Punta Suarez spouts the water up to 25 m high.
Villarrica volcano
Large, 2,860 m tall volcano that has an intermittent lava lake in its 50 m wide craters. Summit of the volcano is permanently covered with snow and glaciers.
El Velo de La Novia, Pachachaca or Lady in White Falls
One of the best examples of pareidolia is El Velo de la Novia waterfall in Peru, Cajamarca Region. It resembles a lady in white.
Maxixe Mine – unique blue beryl find
The first find of deep blue beryl – maxixe, discovered in 1917. Stones quickly discolored and lost their value, thus the mine was abandoned.
Gocta Falls
A very high waterfall with a measured height of 771 meters. Waterfall has two drops, the tallest one is 540 m tall.