El Volcan volcano
Updated: Nov 30, 2023 13:13 GMT -
Stratovolcano 5100 m / 16732 ft
Northern Chile, -22.33°S / -67.97°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Northern Chile, -22.33°S / -67.97°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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El Volcan volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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El Volcán is one of several stratovolcanoes located east of the vigorous Geisers del Tatio geothermal field. Lava flows at the base of the volcano are dacitic, while those at the upper part are andesitic-to-dacitic. El Volcán was considered by González-Ferrán (1995) to be of Pleistocene-Holocene age, but de Silva (2007 pers. comm) assigned it a probable Pleistocene age.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
El Volcan Photos
Crater rim of Yasur volcano, Vanuatu (Sep 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis) |
Driving through volcanic ash rain at Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis) |
Ashfall at Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis) |
Pyroclastic flow on Sinabung volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia (Oct 2014) (Photo: Walter Reis) |
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