Licancabur is a highly symmetrical
stratovolcano on the southernmost part of the border between
Chile and
Bolivia. It is located just southwest of
Laguna Verde in Bolivia. The volcano dominates the landscape of the
Salar de Atacama area. The lower two thirds of the northeastern slope of the volcano belong to Bolivia, from the foot at , while the rest and biggest part, including the higher third of the northeastern slope, the crater and summit, belong to Chile.