El Solo vulcano

stratovulcano 6190 m / 20,308 ft
Cile settentrionale, Bolivia e Argentina (Sud America), -27.11°S / -68.72°W
Stato attuale: normal or dormant (1 di 5)

El Solo volcano is large stratovolcano in Argentina at the border with northern Chile and west of Nevados del Ojos de Salado and SE of Tres Cruces volcano.
Is comprises 9 eruptive centers. The age of its last eruptions is unknown, but was during the Holocene (less than 11,700 years ago), when it produced thick rhyodacitic pyroclastic-flow deposits that fill adjacent valleys.

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Stile eruttivo tipico: explosive
Eruzioni del vulcano El Solo: none in recent times
Lastest nearby earthquakes: Non terremoti recenti

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El Solo Photos

Yojoa volcano and part of lake Yojoa, view from Pito Solo, Honduras (Photo: WNomad)

Here comes the group: first Solomon, helping Marlies on the narrow path through the treacherous acid salt ponds at Dallol. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Ambrym Base Camp and Solons tent with solar light panel installation. (Photo: ulla)

Solomon at a giant turtle (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

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