Los Espinos, Mexico
Alberca de los Espinos
The Alberca de Los Espinos or Alberca de Santa Teresa is a volcanic crater lake that is located in a state protected area that includes 142 hectares within the Mexican state of Michoacán. The body of water is located in the crater of an inactive volcano, whose highest point is located at 2,100 meters above sea level and whose maximum diameter of the crater is 740 meters, which, based on radiocarbon studies, made its last short-term duration monogenetic eruption about 25,000 years ago. The water surface is located at an altitude of 1,980 meters above sea level, has a semi-elliptical shape with a maximum diameter of 350 meters and reaches a maximum depth of 29 meters.
- City
- Los Espinos
- Country
- Mexico
- Category
- Nature
- Suggested visit
- About 150 minutes
Background: Wikipedia