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Cerro Nicholson volcano

stratovolcano 2520? m / 8,268 ft
Peru, -16.26°S / -71.75°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: strombolian
Cerro Nicholson volcano eruptions: unkown
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Fri, 20 Sep 2019
Fri, 20 Sep 05:33 UTCM 4.1 / 111 km23 kmSouthern Peru
Cerro Nicholson volcano is a small isolated andesitic scoria cone in Southern Peru. It is located on a plain WSW of Chachani volcano and WNW of El Misti volcano.
The crater of the Cerro Nicholson cone has a youthful appearance and is full of fresh-looking volcanic bombs, suggesting a relatively young age. It is similar to the Andahua scoria cones farther to the north.

Background:

Cerro Nicholson overlies a thick layer of a 1.65-million-year-old ignimbrite deposit (the Arequipa Airport Ignimbrite), which was erupted from an ancient and buried vent beneath the Chachani volcano.


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