By ExploreNow Editor, on May 3rd, 2012%
Volcano Type: Complex volcano
Volcano Status: Holocene
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 5401 m 17,720 feet
Latitude: 25.42°S 25°25’0″S
Longitude: 68.58°W 68°35’0″W
Cerro Bayo is a complex volcano of partial Holocene age located along the Chile-Argentina border. An older center to the south contains a poorly preserved, 800-m-wide crater. A younger northern center along the national border has a well-preserved 400-m-wide crater and produced lava flows to the north and NE. The 5401-m-high summit of the Cerro Bayo complex, located west of the border in Chile, is the source of two viscous dacitic lava flows that traveled to the north and represent the most recent activity of the complex.
Originally posted 2010-11-08 04:32:39.
By ExploreNow Editor, on April 30th, 2012%
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Volcano Status: Holocene
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 5697 m 18,691 feet
Latitude: 25.17°S 25°10’0″S
Longitude: 68.50°W 68°30’0″W
The NNW-trending edifice of 5697-m-high Lastarria volcano along the Chile-Argentina border contains five nested summit craters. The youngest feature is a lava dome that overlaps the northern crater rim. The large andesitic-dacitic Negriales lava field on the western flanks was erupted from a single SW-flank vent. A large debris-avalanche deposit is found on the SE flank. Recent pyroclastic-flow deposits form an extensive apron below the northern flanks of the volcano.
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Originally posted 2010-11-04 03:59:36.
By ExploreNow Editor, on April 22nd, 2012%
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Volcano Status: Radiocarbon
Last Known Eruption: 5250 BC (?)
Summit Elevation: 6051 m 19,852 feet
Latitude: 24.40°S 24°24’0″S
Longitude: 68.25°W 68°15’0″W
Socompa Volcano is located on the Chile/Argentina border in the subtropical Andes. Socompa Volcano lies at the southeastern end of the Atacama Basin. The volcano contains the best preserved debris avalanche deposit in the world.
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Originally posted 2010-11-09 04:23:48.
By ExploreNow Editor, on April 19th, 2012%
Volcano Type: Complex volcano
Volcano Status: Radiocarbon
Last Known Eruption: 320 BC ± 50 years
Summit Elevation: 5860 m 19,225 feet
Latitude: 18.10°S 18°6’0″S
Longitude: 69.50°W 69°30’0″W
The Taapaca volcanic complex, lying west of the main Andean chain, rises NE of the small town of Putre in northern Chile. The elongated volcanic massif, known locally as Nevados de Putre, consists of an initial andesitic stratovolcano and a long-term dacitic lava-dome complex. Taapaca overlies Pleistocene ignimbrite deposits and trends roughly E-W, with activity in general migrating to the SW during four principal periods of activity dating back at least 1.5 million years.
 Taapaca Volcanic Complex (Arica Parinacota) Click Here For The Rest Of Taapaca, Chile
Originally posted 2010-10-05 07:44:14.
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