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Pular volcano

stratovolcano 6233 m / 20,449 ft
Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, South America, -24.19°S / -68.05°W
Current status: dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: effusive
Pular volcano eruptions: 1990 (?)No recent earthquakes
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Pular is a stratovolcano in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, NW of the Salar de Pular and 15 km from the border with Argentina. The volcano belongs to a 12-km long chain of several vents and volcanoes, which have erupted extensive lava flows.
A large satellite vent west of the ridge is known as Cerro Pajonales and is probably the youngest vent of the volcanic complex.
Reports of a small explosive eruption in 1990 could not be confirmed as to where it occurred.

Background:

Cerros Pular and Pajonales volcanoes are on the NE and SW end of 12-km-long volcanic ridge that is mostly older than 10,000 years. The volcanoes on the chain have erupted andesitic lava flows that overly older dacitic lava domes.
Many lava lava flows reached the lower flanks of the chain and there are about 10 craters.
(SOurce: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information)

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Agios Nikolaos chapel on Palea Kameni island, one of the two historic volcanic islands in the center of the Santorini caldera (Greece). The sea around the island with its small bays is a popular destination for boat cruises - swimmers enjoy the warm waters of the red iron bay. The orange stain of the rocks on the shore is the result of iron oxide deposit from an active hydrothermal vent system at the shallow sea floor around the Kameni islands. It releases heated, iron-rich waters and deposits a layer of iron-mud on the sea floor. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Agios Nikolaos chapel on Palea Kameni island, one of the two historic volcanic islands in the center of the Santorini caldera (Greece). The sea around the island with its...
Day 2 - Root vegetables are very popular and easily grown in western Rwanda (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Day 2 - Root vegetables are very popular and easily grown in western Rwanda (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Grilled meat and sausages are a opular lunch option in Guatemala. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Grilled meat and sausages are a opular lunch option in Guatemala. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)



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