Cordon de Puntas Negras volcano
estratovolcanes 5852 m / 19,199 ft
Chile / Argentinien (Norden) + Bolivien, Südamerika, -23.74°S / -67.53°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Chile / Argentinien (Norden) + Bolivien, Südamerika, -23.74°S / -67.53°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Cordón de Puntas Negras is a stratovolcano in northern Chile 46 km SE of Lascar volcano.
The volcano has a number of fresh-looking cones and craters such as Cerros Cenizas, Aguas Calientes, Laguna Escondida, and Chinchilla with well-preserved summit craters and short lava flows. In addition, there is a distinct maar and a large, 13 sq km silicic lava flow and dome complex.
It is thought that some of these vents are less than 10,000 years old, or even historical in age. The youngest of the complex is a crater SE of Cerro Laguna Escondidax.
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Erupciones del volcán Cordon de Puntas Negras: less than 10,000 years, perhaps in historic times
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Fecha / Hora | Revista / Profundidad | Distancia | Ubicación | |
| Thu, 22 Apr 2021 (GMT) (5 temblores) | ||||
| 22 Apr 2021 08:00:33 GMT | 2.7 222 km - Más | 39 km | 240 km al sureste de Calama, El Loa, Región de Antofagasta, Chile | |
| 22/04/2021 03:02:17 (22 Apr 2021 06:02:17 GMT) | 3.2 172 km - Más | 70 km | Departamento de Los Andes, 202 km al oeste de Ciudad de Salta, Departamento Capital, Provincia de Salta, Argentina | |
| 22 Apr 2021 05:59:18 GMT | 3.2 218 km - Más | 34 km | 235 km al sureste de Calama, El Loa, Región de Antofagasta, Chile | |
| 22 Apr 2021 01:50:31 GMT | 3.0 244 km - Más | 46 km | Departamento de Susques, 199 km al oeste de San Salvador de Jujuy, Departamento de Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina | |
| 21/04/2021 21:33:08 (22 Apr 2021 00:33:08 GMT) | 3.2 232 km - Más | 104 km | Departamento de Susques, 188 km al noroeste de San Salvador de Jujuy, Departamento de Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina | |
Background
Cordón de Puntas Negras is at the intersection of 2 volcanic chains; the Cordón de Puntas Negras chain trends NE-SW from from Chiliques volcano to Volcán Puntas Negras. The other Cordón Chalviri chain trends SW towards Cerro Tuyajto volcanoes.The Cordón de Puntas Negras chain contains small cones, lava domes, lava flows, and maars and covers an area of 500 sq km and contains at least 25 different vents.
Cordón de Puntas Negras proper is situated along the southern margin of the 35 x 70 km Pliocene La Pacana caldera.
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8
